Abstract: The invention relates to a process for fabricating a piezoelectric nanogenerator, to a piezoelectric nanogenerator obtained by this process and to a device including such a piezoelectric nanogenerator connected to a capacitor, said process comprising the following steps: a) providing a membrane (100) made of polarised ?-PVDF or polarised P(VDF-TrFe) copolymer and therefore having piezoelectric properties, said membrane (100) moreover having two external major faces (11, 12) that are separated by a membrane thickness (e); b) irradiating the entirety of the thickness of said membrane (100), via at least one of its two external major faces (11, 12), with heavy ions having a fluence of between 103 ions/cm2 and 1010 ions/cm2, as a result of which a membrane (101) containing latent traces (TL) of the passage of the heavy ions through the entirety of its thickness is obtained; c) revealing the latent traces (TL) using a chemical process of length that is preset so as to preserve a defect zone (ZD) belonging to the l

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for fabricating a piezoelectric nanogenerator, to a piezoelectric nanogenerator obtained by this process and to a device including such a piezoelectric nanogenerator connected to a capacitor, said process comprising the following steps: a) providing a membrane (100) made of polarised ?-PVDF or polarised P(VDF-TrFe) copolymer and therefore having piezoelectric properties, said membrane (100) moreover having two external major faces (11, 12) that are separated by a membrane thickness (e); b) irradiating the entirety of the thickness of said membrane (100), via at least one of its two external major faces (11, 12), with heavy ions having a fluence of between 103 ions/cm2 and 1010 ions/cm2, as a result of which a membrane (101) containing latent traces (TL) of the passage of the heavy ions through the entirety of its thickness is obtained; c) revealing the latent traces (TL) using a chemical process of length that is preset so as to preserve a defect zone (ZD) belonging to the l

Abstract: A proton exchange membrane for a fuel cell, comprising a graft (co)polymer comprising a main chain and grafts comprising at least one proton acceptor group and at least one proton donor group.

Abstract: A method for producing a proton-conducting membrane for a fuel cell, comprising successively: irradiating a polymeric matrix; grafting said polymeric matrix thus irradiated, by free-radical reaction with a first compound, comprising contacting said irradiated polymeric matrix with said first compound, which comprises at least one group capable of forming a covalent bond by free-radical reaction with said matrix, and comprises at least one reactive group capable of reacting with a group of a second compound, comprising at least one proton-conducting acid group, to form a covalent bond; and contacting with the second compound the matrix thus grafted, whereby there is reaction between the reactive groups from the first compound and the appropriate groups of the second compound.

Abstract: A proton exchange membrane for a fuel cell, comprising a graft (co)polymer comprising a main chain and grafts comprising at least one proton acceptor group and at least one proton donor group.