Study of pyroelectric activity of PZT/PVDF-HFP composite

Autor: Luiz Francisco Malmonge, José Antonio Malmonge, Walter Katsumi Sakamoto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Materials Research, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 469-473 (2003)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1516-1439
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392003000400007
Popis: Flexible, free-standing piezo and pyroelectric composite with 0 to 3 connectivity was made up from Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) powder and poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) copolymer. The pyroelectric and the piezoelectric longitudinal (d33) coefficients were measured. A 50/50 vol.% PZT/PVDF-HFP composite resulted in piezo and pyroelectric coefficients of d33 = 25.0 pC/N and p = 4.5 × 10-4 C/m²K at 70 °C, respectively. Analysis of the complex permittivity in a wide range of frequency was carried out indicating lower permittivity of the composite in comparison with a permittivity of the PZT ceramic. The low value of the permittivity gives a high pyroelectric figure of merit indicating that this material can be used to build a temperature sensor in spite of the lower pyroelectric coefficient compared with PZT.
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