WO2016142542A1

WO2016142542A1 - Method for producing a flexible mechanoelectrical microgenerator and corresponding microgenerator

Info

Publication number: WO2016142542A1
Application number: PCT/EP2016/055375
Authority: WO
Inventors: Raynald SEVENO; Benoît GUIFFARD; Thibault DUFAY
Original assignee: Universite De Nantes; Cnrs
Priority date: 2015-03-12
Filing date: 2016-03-11
Publication date: 2016-09-15
Also published as: FR3033552B1; FR3033552A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a mechanoelectrical microgenerator, comprising the following steps: deposition (200), on an electroconductive thin substrate forming a lower electrode, of a thin layer of piezoelectric material, called an active layer; deposition (220), on the active layer, of a thin layer of electroconductive material forming an upper electrode, so as to form a base structure made up of thin layers; and encapsulation (230) of said base structure in a thin coating layer based on at least one elastically deformable polymer material.

Description

Method for manufacturing a flexible mechano-electric micro-generator and corresponding microgenerator

1. DOMAIN OF THE INVENTION

The invention is in the field of energy recovery.

More specifically, the invention relates to the design of a thin-film mechano-electric generator for producing electrical energy from ambient mechanical energy. This type of generator is commonly called micro-generator.

The micro-generators concerned by the invention operate on the basis of a conversion of mechanical energy from an environment in vibratory motion into electrical energy. Many ambient sources of mechanical energy present in the environment of electronic devices or systems can be exploited (fluid in motion (liquid, gas), sound, mechanical deformations, etc.), in order to make these devices or systems autonomous in energy. .

The invention can be applied in particular, but not exclusively, to the design of micro-generators exploiting "air flows" (also called "aero-electric" generators) as sources of clean and durable ambient mechanical energy. Such micro-generators can be installed in various sites exposed to the slightest flow or current of air (for example a network of ventilation ducts of a building, a VMC device, a metro mouth, etc.) or implanted. on a moving vehicle (automobile, train, airplane, etc.) that exploits the air flows generated by the vehicle's movement in the air. Other applications are also envisaged for example in the context of the recovery of energy produced by acoustic waves, movements of machines or living beings, or in the aquatic environment (wave phenomenon, in particular).

The recovered energy can be used in particular to power electronic devices of low power, such as wireless sensors or light emitting diodes. 2. TECHNOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

More particularly, in the rest of this document, the problematic existing in the context of the energy recovery by airflow, which the inventors of the present patent application have faced, is described. The invention is of course not limited to this particular context of application, but is of interest for any technique for manufacturing micro-mechanical-electric generators facing a similar problem or similar.

Energy recovery is a thriving theme that drives researchers to design micro-generators to power electronic systems by absorbing the ambient mechanical energy present in the surrounding environment.

Promising results in terms of ambient vibratory energy recovery have been presented with micro-generators using piezoelectric materials to ensure mechanical-electrical energy conversion. A mechanical stress applied to the piezoelectric material reveals, by piezoelectric effect, an electrical signal.

The piezoelectric materials traditionally used are rigid crystalline ceramics, which must undergo relatively high mechanical stresses to obtain an exploitable mechano-electric conversion efficiency, which greatly reduces the field of application of these devices. Semicrystalline polymers with piezoelectric properties, such as polyvinylidene fluoride for example, have also been developed. These piezoelectric polymers have the advantage of being flexible and therefore sensitive to mechanical waves. However, the piezoelectric properties of these materials are lower compared to those of ceramics, and therefore exploitable only for specific applications (force or pressure sensors for example).

The efforts of the micro-generator designers have led in recent years to flexible thin-film structures.

In the rest of this document, the term "thin layer" is intended to mean a layer of material whose thickness is generally less than 500 μιτι, as opposed to "Thick layers" or "bulk"{"bulk" in English) whose thickness is generally greater than 500 μιτι.

A known technique, presented in the publication "Preparation on transparent flexible piezoelectric energy harvester based on PZT films by laser lift-off process" - YH DO - Sensors and Actuators A - 2013, 200, 51-5, consists of performing in a first time a deposition, by a conventional sol-gel method, of a thin layer of lead Zircono-Titanate (denoted PZT) on a sapphire substrate. The thin layer of PZT thus obtained is then coated with a polyethylene (PET) film by means of a polyurethane adhesive. A laser lift-off method is then used to separate the thin layer of PZT from the sapphire substrate. The sapphire substrate is then subjected to laser scanning through the bare surface thereof and over its entire surface, so as to peel off the sapphire and thus leave the thin layer of PZT on a flexible support. A set of interdigitated electrodes is then deposited on the thin layer of PZT, then an epoxy resin protective layer is deposited on the thin layer of PZT provided with electrodes.

However, this manufacturing technique is complex to implement and expensive. On the one hand, it requires the use of a polished sapphire substrate which is a very expensive material to produce. On the other hand, the laser beam takeoff step requires the use of a precision optical system, which is also expensive. Finally, because of its complexity, a transfer of this technique on an industrial scale seems difficult.

Another disadvantage of this technique is that it only works with materials compatible with the laser beam takeoff process, thus offering a very limited choice of materials that can be envisaged for the manufacture of microgenerators.

For these reasons, the industrial application of such a manufacturing technique therefore poses real difficulties.

3. OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION

The invention, in at least one embodiment, is intended in particular to overcome these various disadvantages of the state of the art. More specifically, in at least one embodiment of the invention, an objective is to provide a technique for manufacturing a micro-generator mechano-electric, which is simple and inexpensive to implement.

At least one embodiment of the invention also aims to provide such a technique that is easily industrializable.

Another objective of at least one embodiment of the invention is to provide such a technique that presents no constraint as to the choice of materials used for the manufacture of micro-generators.

A complementary objective of at least one embodiment of the invention is to provide such a technique that makes it possible to obtain micro-generators that are sensitive to the slightest mechanical stress, for example to a low velocity air flow such as a breeze of air.

A complementary objective of at least one embodiment of the invention is to provide such a technique which makes it possible to obtain micro-generators with improved mechanical-electrical conversion efficiency.

4. PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

In a particular embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing a mechanical-electrical micro-generator, comprising the following steps:

forming a stack of at least one thin-film base structure, each basic structure being obtained by:

depositing, on a thin electrically conductive substrate forming a lower electrode, a thin layer of piezoelectric material, called the active layer;

depositing, on the active layer, a thin layer of electrically conductive material forming an upper electrode;

encapsulating said stack in a thin coating layer based on at least one elastically deformable polymeric material.

Thus, the invention makes it possible to develop, in a simple and inexpensive manner, a mechano-electric microgenerator based on thin flexible layers. The invention is based on a deposit of successive thin layers on an electrically conductive thin substrate, acting as the lower electrode of the microgenerator. In addition to its classical role of material support on which thin layers of active materials are deposited, the substrate thus already fulfills one of the functional roles of the micro-generator. Thus, unlike the method of the state of the art which is based on a complex mechanism for laser thin film separation of a sapphire substrate, the method according to the invention is much simpler to implement and less expensive. . Finally, it has the advantage of having no constraint as to the choice of materials and the thickness of the thin layers that can be used to make a micro-generator.

By stacking at least one basic structure is meant a basic structure or a set of at least two superimposed base structures.

The coating layer which serves to encapsulate the stack of at least one thin-layer base structure makes it possible on the one hand to hermetically protect the layers of active materials of the micro-generator, and on the other hand to reinforce the elastic behavior. of stacking as a whole.

According to a first embodiment according to the invention, the stack comprises a single thin-film base structure; encapsulation in this case consists of covering the single basic structure by means of a thin coating layer based on elastically deformable polymer.

According to a second embodiment according to the invention, the stack comprises a plurality of superimposed basic structures, the encapsulation in this case consists in covering the plurality of basic structures superimposed in its entirety by means of a layer of coating.

According to one particular aspect of the invention, the method further comprises, for each basic structure of the stack, a step of heat treatment of the active layer deposited on the electrically conductive thin substrate at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined duration, performed after said deposition step of the active thin layer.

This makes it possible to crystallize the active thin film on the electrically conductive substrate to give it its piezoelectric properties. According to a particular aspect of the invention, the active layer is formed of a plurality of thin sub-layers of piezoelectric material, said heat treatment step being carried out for each thin sub-layer of deposited piezoelectric material.

This promotes the formation of a good quality piezoelectric thin film. The number of thin sub-layers is a function of the deposition method used and the desired thin-film thickness in the end.

According to one particular aspect of the invention, the method further comprises, for each basic structure of the stack, a deposition step, preceding said deposition step of the active layer, of a thin layer of conductive material based on of ruthenium dioxide on the thin substrate.

Such a layer makes it possible to improve the electrical properties of the piezoelectric thin film.

According to one particular aspect of the invention, the method further comprises a formation step, in the coating layer:

a first through-hole extending from the thin layer of electrically conductive material to the outside of the coating layer, so as to allow access to the upper electrode,

a second through-hole extending from the thin substrate of electrically conductive material to the outside of the coating layer, so as to allow access to the lower electrode.

Such a step can be performed by various techniques such as, for example, mechanical drilling, chemical etching, laser.

According to one particular characteristic, the piezoelectric material of the active layer is a lead-based Zircono-Titanate ceramic of formula Pb (Zr _x , Tii- _x ) O ₃ . This material has very good piezoelectric properties.

According to one particular characteristic, the elastically deformable polymer material belongs to the group comprising:

a thermoplastic elastomer type polymer;

a thermosetting elastomer type polymer. The polymer material will be chosen according to its mechanical properties (rigidity, flexibility, impermeability, ability to absorb and transmit the mechanical energy to the active layer, etc.), its ease of implementation, its cost.

According to one particular characteristic, said step of depositing a thin layer of piezoelectric material is carried out according to a deposition technique belonging to the group comprising:

chemical solution deposition (CSD);

sol-gel deposition;

chemical vapor deposition (CVD);

physical deposition by sputtering;

physical deposition by pulsed laser ablation (PLD).

The deposit by chemical solution is preferred because of its low cost and simplicity of implementation.

According to one particular characteristic, the thin electrically conductive substrate has a thickness of between 10 and 30 microns, the active layer has a thickness of between 1 and 200 microns and the thin layer of electrically conductive material has a thickness of between 20 nanometers and 1 μιτι. .

According to one particular characteristic, the encapsulated base structure has a rectangular lower face and a rectangular upper face, each having an area of between 1 cm ² and 50 cm ² .

Thus, the principle is that the micro-generator has a centimeter-scale surface to have a high ambient mechanical vibration pick-up surface and a thickness at the micrometer scale for increased elasticity (flexibility).

In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a mechano-electric microgenerator, comprising a stack of at least one thin-film base structure, each basic structure comprising a thin layer of piezoelectric material arranged between a first thin layer of electrically conductive material forming a lower electrode and a second thin layer of electrically conductive material forming a top electrode, said stack being coated with a coating layer based on at least one elastically deformable polymeric material.

5. LIST OF FIGURES

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the following description, given by way of indicative and nonlimiting example, and the appended drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows an exemplary structure of a mechano-electric micro-generator obtained using the method according to the invention;

Figure 2 shows a flowchart of a particular embodiment of the method according to the invention.

6. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In all the figures of this document, the elements and identical steps are designated by the same reference numeral.

FIG. 1 shows an exemplary structure of a mechano-electric micro-generator obtained by means of the method according to the invention. The micro-generator 100 operates at low frequencies, typically in a frequency range of between 0.1 and 1000 Hz. It is dedicated to supplying electronic devices of low power, typically of the order of 10 nW to 100. μ \ Ν.

The micro-generator 100 is in the form of a superimposed thin-film structure for the recovery of energy under air flow. It includes more particularly:

a base structure in thin layers, referenced 50, itself comprising:

a thin substrate 10 of electrically conductive material, such as aluminum for example, forming the lower electrode of the microgenerator;

a thin layer 20 of piezoelectric material, based on Lead Zircono- Titanate (denoted PZT) of formula Pb (Zr _x , Tii- _x ) O ₃ , disposed on the surface of the thin substrate 10; a thin layer 30 of electrically conductive material, such as aluminum for example, extending on the surface of the thin layer of piezoelectric material 20;

an elastically deformable coating layer 40 based on polymer, for example polyethylene, encapsulating the base structure 50.

The layer 20 of piezoelectric material illustrated herein may itself consist of one or more superimposed thin layers. This depends essentially on the deposition method used and the piezoelectric layer thickness that is desired for the micro-generator. For the sake of simplification of the description, the term "thin layer" will be misleadingly referred to as a set of thin layers constituting the layer of piezoelectric material 30.

The thin layer PZT 20 constitutes the active layer of the micro-generator, which ensures the conversion of mechanical energy (resulting from ambient mechanical vibrations) into electrical energy. By piezoelectric effect, a voltage between the lower and upper electrodes 30 of the micro-generator 100 is generated when the thin PZT layer 20 is subjected to a mechanical stress (such as an air flow for example).

In this example, the thin film 20 has a thickness of about 3 μιη and composition Pb (Zr _0, 5o, Ti _0, 5o) 0 _3. The lower electrode 10 has a thickness of the order of 20 μιτι and the upper electrode 30 has a thickness of the order of 300 nm. The coating layer 40 has a thickness of 50 μιη for example. It has an upper face 41 and a lower surface 42 substantially rectangular and approximately 5 cm ^{2 surface area} for example.

It should be noted that these dimensions are given for illustrative purposes only and may of course be different. In particular, the lower electrode 10 may have a thickness of between 10 and 30 micrometers, the active layer has a thickness of between 1 and 100 micrometers, the upper electrode has a thickness of between 20 nm and 1 μm, and the coating layer 40 a thickness of between 10 μιη and 1 mm. Similarly, the composition of the piezoelectric material is given for illustrative purposes only and should not be limited to this example. The composition Pb (Zr _x , Tii_ _x ) 0 ₃ can be chosen with 0 _{x x} 1 1.

In general, the dimensions of the active layer 30 and the ratio Zr / Ti may be chosen so that the micro-generator has optimized piezoelectric characteristics (piezoelectric coefficient d ₃ i, remanent polarization and coercive field, etc.). .

In the following, with reference to FIG. 2, the main steps of the manufacturing method according to a particular embodiment of the invention will be described.

Step 200

Initially is deposited on an electrically conductive thin substrate, a thin film of PZT of formula Pb (Zr _0, 5o, Ti _0, 5o) 0 _3. This deposition is carried out by means of a chemical deposition technique (or CSD for "Chemical Solution Deposition"). This technique has several advantages: it is simple to implement, requires a low equipment cost, allows to make thin layers of large areas and micrometric thicknesses, and easily modify the composition and thickness of the layer slim. In addition, this technique is easily transferable to the industry.

To proceed with the deposition, a precursor solution of PZT is firstly obtained by mixing the different elementary chemical elements necessary for the production of a thin layer of PZT. At first, a quantity of lead acetate is dissolved in an acetic acetic acid solution. In a second step, a zirconium n-propoxide complex and a titanium n-propoxide complex are added to the solution in the desired proportions (50% Zr, 50% Ti in the present example). Optionally, any dopants (such as Lanthanum (La) and / or Strontium (Sr) and / or Barium (Ba)) may be added to the solution at this stage of the preparation. The addition of dopants makes it possible to change the electrical properties of the piezoelectric film. A given amount of ethylene glycol is finally added to the solution to limit the formation of cracks in the PZT thin film during the subsequent heat treatment step (step 210). The precursor solution thus obtained is filtered using a 0.2 μιη particle filter. in order to obtain a perfectly liquid and homogeneous solution (that is to say, free of solid particles).

A volume of 25 μΙ / cm ² of the precursor solution is then deposited by spin-coating on a thin electrically conductive substrate. The substrate used here is an aluminum foil (Al) with a thickness of 20 μιτι, which is itself plated on a stainless steel plate 200 μιη thick in order to facilitate the deposition by centrifugal end uction. The aluminum foil has a deposition area of the order of a few square centimeters (5 cm ² for example). The rotational speed of the substrate and the centrifugation urea are chosen according to the desired thin-film thickness. Typically, the rotational speed of the substrate may be between 4000 and 8500 rpm and the centrifugation time substantially around twenty seconds.

At the end of this deposition step, a thin Al / PZT precursor solution stack is obtained. The thin film Al constitutes the lower electrode 10 of the micro-generator 100 and the thin layer of PZT precursor solution (20) constitutes the piezoelectric active material 20 of the micro-generator 100 after step 210. Note that the thin substrate According to the invention, therefore, there is a dual function: the material support function on which the thin layers of materials and the metal electrode function of the micro-generator 100 are deposited.

Step 210

The thin Al / PZT precursor solution stack is then heat-treated. To do this, the Al stack / PZT precursor solution is introduced into an oven having a temperature of between 550 ° C. and 650 ° C. for a duration ranging from 1 to 3 minutes. This heat treatment step is employed to allow crystallization of the PZT thin film on the aluminum substrate to impart its piezoelectric properties. In addition, this step makes it possible to improve the elastic properties of the thin-film structure of a micro-generator 100, in particular by eliminating the residual stresses present in the structure.

Tests within the reach of those skilled in the art allow to select the temperature, the duration of heat treatment, the thickness of the layer and the composition thereof depending on the level of elasticity (flexibility / flexibility) desired and the degree of crystallization to induce usable piezoelectric properties.

In practice, the thickness of the thin layer obtained after the execution of steps 200 and 210 is of the order of a few hundred nanometers (this is called an "underlayer" or "mono-layer"). Thus, to obtain a thin layer of thicker PZT, steps 200 and 210 should be repeated as many times as necessary to form a thin layer of a few microns (stack of several sublayers).

According to an advantageous characteristic, it is also possible to deposit, between the aluminum substrate and the thin layer of PZT, an intermediate thin layer of ruthenium dioxide (Ru0 ₂ ) (not shown in FIG. 1). This deposition of such a layer is therefore prior to the deposition of the thin layer of PZT, using for example a chemical deposition technique. This intermediate layer of ruthenium dioxide constitutes a diffusion barrier at the interface AI / PZT having the effect of preventing the formation of an oxide layer that may appear at the interface AI / PZT which adversely affects the electrical properties of the layer of PZT. In other words, the presence of such a layer makes it possible to improve the electrical properties of the thin layer of PZT. A layer of thickness of about 50 nm showed good results from the point of view of the piezoelectric characteristics of the PZT layer.

Step 220

The thin layer of PZT is then deposited with a thin aluminum layer 30 of thickness of the order of 300 nm. This deposition is also performed by means of a technique of vacuum deposition evaporation under vacuum. This thin layer of aluminum forms the upper electrode of the micro-generator 100. This is a particular embodiment. Other ways could be envisaged for producing such a deposit, for example by sputtering or by electrolysis. The simple deposit of a silver lacquer for example is compatible with the method of the invention.

At the end of this step, we obtain a stack of thin layers AI / PZT / AI, called basic structure thereafter, having good flexibility and good piezoelectric properties. Indeed, the small thickness of the basic structure AI / PZT / AI (of the order of ten micrometers) makes it possible to give the microgenerator 100 manufactured a certain mechanical flexibility (deformation in the elastic domain).

By flexible or flexible means in the context of the present invention, a material, a thin layer or a stack of thin layers which is, from the point of view of the physics of materials, elastically deformable or, in other words, which has a behavior elastic.

Step 230

Finally, the base structure AI / PZT / Al is encapsulated in a thin layer of coating 40 made of elastically deformable polymer. Encapsulation is understood to mean wrapping the basic AI / PZT / AI structure as a whole. This encapsulation is carried out by means of plastification or encapsulation techniques well known to those skilled in the art, such as a thermomechanical laminator or a laminator equipped with a scraper blade system (commonly called a "doctor blade") by example.

This coating layer 40 has several functions. It allows on the one hand to hermetically protect the active parts of the device from its external environment. On the other hand, it makes it possible to reinforce the mechanical strength of the device and therefore to increase its service life. Finally, it makes it possible to reinforce the elastic behavior of the device as a whole so that the sensitivity of the device to ambient mechanical vibrations is improved. The provision of elasticity to the device increases the duration of the mechanical oscillations absorbed by the device, which improves the overall energy efficiency of the device. Thus, the coating layer acts as a host structure whose role is to efficiently recover ambient mechanical vibrations for transmission to the piezoelectric thin film.

For carrying out this encapsulation step, it will be preferable to use an elastic thermoplastic material, such as polyurethane (PU) or polyethylene (PET), which are flexible and low cost polymers, and a thickness of between 10 μιη and 1 mm, to obtain a micro-generator with good mechanical characteristics and inexpensive in the end.

Of course, these are purely illustrative examples and other types of polymer fulfilling the same function can be used without departing from the scope of the invention, for example: silicones, acrylics, epoxy resins, isoprene rubbers, acrylonitrile rubbers, copolymers of butadiene and acrylonitrile, ethylene vinyl acetate, polypropylenes, polyamides, polyimides, and mixtures thereof. More generally, the encapsulation can be carried out from any thermoplastic or thermosetting elastomer type polymer.

Tests within the reach of those skilled in the art allow to select the most appropriate materials and dimensions depending on the level of flexibility desired and the chemical compatibility with the thin-layer base structure obtained beforehand. For example, materials having a relatively low Young's modulus (modulus of elasticity) will be preferred to give the device its elastic behavior.

In the context of energy recovery by air flow, the principle is that the micro-generator 100 can have, on each of these upper faces 41 and lower 42, a centimeter-scale surface to have a surface of capture of the mechanical vibrations sufficiently large ambient (and thus a good "taken with the wind"), and a thickness with the micrometric scale for an increased flexibility. This makes it possible to improve the sensitivity of the micro-generator 100 to the mechanical stresses that could be applied to it.

On the other hand, the formation in the coating layer 40 of a through-hole at the top face 41, extending from the thin aluminum layer 30 towards the outside of the coating layer 40, can be provided. in order to allow access to the upper electrode 30,

a through hole at the lower face 41, extending from the thin aluminum substrate 10 outwardly of the coating layer 40, so as to allow access to the lower electrode 10.

Of course, other deposition techniques than the chemical deposition discussed above in step 200 can also be implemented. without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, it would be possible to perform sol-gel deposition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) deposition, physical deposition by cathodic sputtering, or physical deposition by pulsed laser ablation (PLD).

In the particular embodiment described above, the fabricated micro-generator comprises a single thin-film base structure (base structure 50 comprising all layers 10 (Al), 20 (PZT) and 30 (Al) encapsulated in an elastically deformable polymer coating layer. Once encapsulated, such a structure AI / PZT / AI can form, from the electrical point of view, a capacitor.

The inventors have developed an alternative embodiment in which the micro-generator comprises not a simple basic structure AI / PZT / AI, but a stack of basic structures, each with the same structural composition AI / PZT / AI. In this case, the device comprises a set of n basic structures superimposed on each other (n being an integer). Note that each elementary base structure is manufactured independently by means of steps 200, 210, 220 of the method described above. The encapsulation step is carried out once the n basic structures are stacked. Thus, unlike the embodiment described above in relation to FIGS. 1 and 2 in which the encapsulation consists of covering the single basic structure 50 by means of the coating layer, the encapsulation in this case consists in cover, as a whole, the n superimposed basic structures. Such a structure makes it possible to offer a micro-generator with increased efficiency. Indeed, thanks to this clever stacking of basic structures, one obtains, from the electrical point of view, a set of n capacitors in series, which makes it possible to divide the global capacity of the microgenerator by n and thus to multiply by n the level output voltage. The efficiency of mechanical-electrical conversion is thus improved. For example, for a device consisting of a single basic structure AI / PZT / AI generating an output voltage of 400mV, a device consisting of a stack of ten basic structures, each with the same structural composition AI / PZT / AI , would generate an output voltage of 4V. The number n of basic structures to be superimposed is chosen as a function of the desired output voltage and the external mechanical stress because the stack influences the elasticity of the micro-generator. The total thickness of the stack without a coating layer must remain at the micrometer scale (that is to say not to exceed 1 mm).

The device described above is intended for energy recovery applications by air flow. It is clear, however, that it can easily be adapted to many other applications (energy recovery from any type of fluid in motion (liquid or gaseous flow), without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a mechanical-micro-generator (100), characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

depositing (200), on an electrically conductive thin substrate (10) forming a lower electrode, a thin layer of piezoelectric material (20), said active layer;

depositing (220), on the active layer, a thin layer of electrically conductive material (30) forming an upper electrode;

encapsulating (230) led it stacked in a thin coating layer (40) based on at least one elastically deformable polymeric material.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, for each basic structure of said stacking, a heat treatment step (210) of the active layer deposited on the electrically conductive thin substrate at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined duration. , performed after said step deposition of the active thin layer.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the active layer is formed of a plurality of thin sub-layers of piezoelectric material, said heat treatment step being performed for each thin sub-layer of deposited piezoelectric material.

4. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising, for each basic structure dud it stack, a deposition step, preceding said step of deposition of the active layer, a thin layer of material ruthenium oxide-based conductor on the thin substrate.

The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a forming step in the coating layer:

6. A process according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the piezoelectric material of the active layer is a lead Zircono- Titanate ceramic of formula Pb (Zr _x , Tii- _x ) O ₃ .

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the elastically deformable polymer material belongs to the group comprising: a thermoplastic elastomer type polymer;

a thermosetting elastomer type polymer.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said step of depositing a thin layer of piezoelectric material is performed according to a deposition technique belonging to the group comprising:

chemical solution deposition (CSD);

sol-gel deposition;

chemical vapor deposition (CVD);

physical deposition by sputtering;

physical deposition by pulsed laser ablation (PLD).

9. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the thin electrically conductive substrate has a thickness between 10 and 30 microns, the active layer has a thickness between 1 and 200 micrometers and the thin layer of electrically conductive material has a thickness of between 20 nanometers and 1 μιτι.

10. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the encapsulated base structure has a rectangular underside and a top face, each having an area of between 1 cm ² and 50 cm ² .

11. Mechanical-electric micro-generator, characterized in that it comprises a stack of at least one thin film base structure, each basic structure comprising a thin layer of piezoelectric material arranged between a first thin layer of electrically conductor forming a lower electrode and a second thin layer of electrically conductive material forming an upper electrode, said stack being coated with a coating layer based on at least one elastically deformable polymeric material.