Shepelin, Nick A.Lussini, Vanessa C.Fox, Phillip J.Dicinoski, Greg W.Glushenkov, AlexeyShapter, Joseph G.Ellis, Amanda V.2020-07-072159-6859http://hdl.handle.net/1885/205867Flexible piezoelectric generators (PEGs) present a unique opportunity for renewable and sustainable energy harvesting. Here, we present a low-temperature and low-energy deposition method using solvent evaporation-assisted three-dimensional printing to deposit electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-trifluoroethylene (TrFE) up to 19 structured layers. Visible-wavelength transmittance was above 92%, while ATR-FTIR spectroscopy showed little change in the electroactive phase fraction between layer depositions. Electroactivity from the fabricated PVDF-TrFE PEGs showed that a single structured layer gave the greatest output at 289.3 mV peak-to-peak voltage. This was proposed to be due to shear-induced polarization affording the alignment of the fluoropolymer dipoles without an electric field or high temperature.This research was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects funding scheme (LP160100071) and Future Fellowships funding scheme (FT130100211).application/pdfen-AU© Materials Research Society, 2019201910.1557/mrc.2019.192020-03-08