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Piezoelectric formation mechanisms and phase transformation of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/graphite nanosheets nanocomposites

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The β-phase of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) is of great technical importance because of its high dielectric constant and piezoelectric effect. In this work, we exfoliated and dispersed natural graphite to prepare 2D-graphite nanosheets (GNS) and prepared PVDF/GNS nanocomposites with different GNS volumes from 1 to 7 ml as film via solution casting method. The concentration of the supernatant was about 0.3 mg/mL. The effect of GNS on the β-phase formation and mechanisms of piezoelectric formation in the PVDF/GNS nanocomposites were investigated. The results showed that with the varying amounts of GNS, the crystalline structure, the morphology, and the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of PVDF/GNS nanocomposites changed. GNS acts as an effective nucleation agent with the orientation almost parallel to the surface of the film meanwhile increasing the amount of beta phase in the PVDF matrix with increasing amount of GNS, also the relative dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the nanocomposites increased with increasing amount of GNS. The value d33 also increased with increasing amount of GNS, and reached a maximum (6.7 pC/N) with 6 ml GNS. The mechanism of piezoelectric formation was proposed based on experiment results of PVDF/GNS nanocomposites.

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This work has been supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2007AA03Z120). The authors also wish to thank Analytical and Testing Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

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    Yangyang Zhang, Shenglin Jiang, Yike Zeng, Yan Yu & Jungang He

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Zhang, Y., Jiang, S., Fan, M. et al. Piezoelectric formation mechanisms and phase transformation of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/graphite nanosheets nanocomposites. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 24, 927–932 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-012-0851-1

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