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Title: Effect of Ag nanoparticle concentration on the electrical and ferroelectric properties of Ag/P(VDF-TrFE) composite films

Journal Article · · Scientific Reports
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13209· OSTI ID:1221790
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Korea); California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States). Materials Science.
  2. Argonne National Lab., Lemont, IL (United States). Materials Science Div.
  3. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Korea); Argonne National Lab., Lemont, IL (United States). Materials Science Div.
  4. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Korea)
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We investigated the effect of the Ag nanoparticles on the ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of Ag/poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) composite films. We found that the remanent polarization and direct piezoelectric coefficient increased up to 12.14 mu C/cm(2) and 20.23 pC/N when the Ag concentration increased up to 0.005 volume percent (v%) and decreased down to 9.38 mu C/cm(2) and 13.45 pC/N when it increased up to 0.01 v%. Further increase in Ag concentration resulted in precipitation of Ag phase and significant leakage current that hindered any meaningful measurement of the ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties. 46% increase of the remanent polarization value and 27% increase of the direct piezoelectric coefficient were observed in the film with the 0.005 v% of the Ag nanoparticles added without significant changes to the crystalline structure confirmed by both X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) experiments. These enhancements of both the ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties are attributed to the increase in the effective electric field induced by the reduction in the effective volume of P(VDF-TrFE) that results in more aligned dipoles.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1221790
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1356370
Journal Information:
Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 62 works
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