Tu, Nguyen Dien Kha Noh, Myoung-Sub Ko, Youngpyo Kim, Jong-Ho Kang, Chong Yun Kim, Heesuk 2024-01-19T21:31:22Z 2024-01-19T21:31:22Z 2021-09-05 2018-11-01 1359-8368 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/120706 The fluoride-based electrostrictive terpolymers are attractive in electromechanical applications. To obtain high electromechanical performance, the terpolymers are hybridized with various fillers such as carbon materials. However, the previous hybrid films have been fabricated with thickness of 20-100 mu m due to poor dispersion of the fillers, indicating that these electrostrictive films require high driving voltages of more than 200 V. Herein, we have demonstrated the electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) thin film hybridized with highly dispersed carbon blacks (CB). The CBs were chemically oxidized to improve the dispersion in the polymer matrix, thus leading to a successful fabrication of the oxidized CB/P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) hybrid films with 8 mu m thickness using solution casting method. The P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) thin film with 2.75 wt% oxidized CB shows 1.6 fold increased dielectric constant and maximum polarization with low loss factor compared to the pure terpolymer. These enhancements of the 8 mu m thick hybrid film enable to yield useful mechanical output at low driving voltages below 100 V. To evaluate the electromechanical performance of hybrid thin films, a unimorph cantilever was fabricated. With a low applied voltage of 90 V, the cantilever based on P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) thin film with 2.75 wt% oxidized CB produces a displacement twice as high as that of the pure terpolymer. These results provide the first feasibility study of electrostrictive composites for practical applications, particularly human-related applications requiring a low driving voltage. English ELSEVIER SCI LTD DIELECTRIC-PROPERTIES ENERGY DENSITY ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY MICROSTRUCTURE Enhanced electromechanical performance of P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) thin films hybridized with highly dispersed carbon blacks Article 10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.06.036 1 COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING, v.152, pp.133 - 138 COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING 152 133 138 scie scopus 000447568500013 2-s2.0-85049427885 Engineering, Multidisciplinary Materials Science, Composites Engineering Materials Science Article DIELECTRIC-PROPERTIES ENERGY DENSITY ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY MICROSTRUCTURE Carbon black PVDF Composites Dielectric properties Electromechanical properties