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3D Sensing Using Solid-State Wire-Shaped Photovoltaic Sensor in TL-Based Structural Health Monitoring

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Over the past two decades, photovoltaic (PV) cell research continues to gain momentum since its environmental sustainability and low cost provide a great foundation for practical application. Recently, the flexibility of PV cell has drawn researcher’s attention when talking about light sensing. The specially designed PV sensors with 3D feature and low energy sensitivity are potentially applicable to intrinsic structural health monitoring (iSHM) systems. This Chapter will first address the principle of this novel monitoring systems with TL effects, then discuss the use of carbon-based PV sensors. The investigation of wire-shaped PV sensor may provide some useful information about the surface and interface state that may explain the advantage of this novel iSHM system.

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This work is supported by the US National Science Foundation through grant ID CMMI-0969413 and Air Force Research Laboratory.

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  1. High Performance Materials Institute, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2005 Levy Ave., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA

    Jin Yan, David O. Olawale & Tarik J. Dickens

  2. Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Brownsville, 1 W University Blvd, Brownsville, TX, 78520, USA

    M. Jasim Uddin

  3. Nanotechnology Patronas Group Inc., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA

    David O. Olawale, Tarik J. Dickens & Okenwa O. I. Okoli

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Yan, J., Uddin, M.J., Olawale, D.O., Dickens, T.J., Okoli, O.O.I. (2016). 3D Sensing Using Solid-State Wire-Shaped Photovoltaic Sensor in TL-Based Structural Health Monitoring. In: Olawale, D., Okoli, O., Fontenot, R., Hollerman, W. (eds) Triboluminescence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38842-7_12

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