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Title: Synthesis and application of ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) films using electrophoretic deposition

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated the deposition kinetics of polyvinylidene fluoride copolymerized with trifluoroethylene (P(VDF-TrFE)) particles on stainless steel substrates during the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) process. The effect of applied voltage and deposition time on the structure and ferroelectric property of the P(VDF-TrFE) films was studied in detail. A method of repeated EPD and heat treatment above melting point were employed to fabricate crack-free P(VDF-TrFE) thick films. This method enabled us to fabricate P(VDF-TrFE) films with variable thicknesses. The morphology of the obtained films was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the formation of β-phase was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. P(VDF-TrFE) films prepared with various thicknesses showed remnant polarization (Pr) of around 4 μC/cm2. To demonstrate the applicability of our processing recipe to complex structures, we fabricated a spring-type energy harvester by depositing P(VDF-TrFE) films on stainless steel springs using EPD process. Our preliminary results show that an electrophoretic deposition can be applied to produce high-quality P(VDF-TrFE) films on planar as well as three-dimensional (3-D) substrates.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Republic of Korea)
  2. Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha (Tanzania)
  3. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Republic of Korea); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1352566
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Electrophoretic deposition; Ferroelectric; Kinetics; P(VDF-TrFE)

Citation Formats

Ryu, Jeongjae, No, Kwangsoo, Kim, Yeontae, Park, Eugene, and Hong, Seungbum. Synthesis and application of ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) films using electrophoretic deposition. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/srep36176.
Ryu, Jeongjae, No, Kwangsoo, Kim, Yeontae, Park, Eugene, & Hong, Seungbum. Synthesis and application of ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) films using electrophoretic deposition. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36176
Ryu, Jeongjae, No, Kwangsoo, Kim, Yeontae, Park, Eugene, and Hong, Seungbum. Wed . "Synthesis and application of ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) films using electrophoretic deposition". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36176. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1352566.
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author = {Ryu, Jeongjae and No, Kwangsoo and Kim, Yeontae and Park, Eugene and Hong, Seungbum},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we investigated the deposition kinetics of polyvinylidene fluoride copolymerized with trifluoroethylene (P(VDF-TrFE)) particles on stainless steel substrates during the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) process. The effect of applied voltage and deposition time on the structure and ferroelectric property of the P(VDF-TrFE) films was studied in detail. A method of repeated EPD and heat treatment above melting point were employed to fabricate crack-free P(VDF-TrFE) thick films. This method enabled us to fabricate P(VDF-TrFE) films with variable thicknesses. The morphology of the obtained films was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the formation of β-phase was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. P(VDF-TrFE) films prepared with various thicknesses showed remnant polarization (Pr) of around 4 μC/cm2. To demonstrate the applicability of our processing recipe to complex structures, we fabricated a spring-type energy harvester by depositing P(VDF-TrFE) films on stainless steel springs using EPD process. Our preliminary results show that an electrophoretic deposition can be applied to produce high-quality P(VDF-TrFE) films on planar as well as three-dimensional (3-D) substrates.},
doi = {10.1038/srep36176},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Nov 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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