TY  - EJOU
AU  - Sabo, Ronald 
AU  - Yermakov, Aleksey 
AU  - Law, Chiu Tai 
AU  - Elhajjar, Rani 

TI  - Nanocellulose-Enabled Electronics, Energy Harvesting Devices, Smart Materials and Sensors: A Review
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

PY  - 2016
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
SN  - 2164-6341

AB  - Cellulose nanomaterials have a number of interesting and unique properties that make them well-suited for use in electronics applications such as energy harvesting devices, actuators and sensors. Cellulose nanofibrils and nanocrystals have good mechanical properties, high transparency, and low coefficient of thermal expansion, among other properties that facilitate both active and inactive roles in electronics and related devices. For example, these nanomaterials have been demonstrated to operate as substrates for flexible electronics and displays, to improve the efficiency of photovoltaics, to work as a component of magnetostrictive composites and to act as a suitable lithium ion battery separator membrane. A discussion and overview of additional potential applications and of previously published research using cellulose nanomaterials for these advanced applications is provided in this article. The concept of using cellulose nanofibrils in stimuli-responsive materials is illustrated with highlights of preliminary results from magnetostrictive nanocellulose membranes actuated using magnetic fields.
KW  - Cellulose nanofibrils
KW  -  cellulose nanocrystals
KW  -  flexible electronics
KW  -  photovoltaics
KW  -  batteries
KW  -  magnetostrictive composites

DO  - 10.7569/JRM.2016.634114