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Jiayun Chen1, Xiaoying Xiong2, Qilong Zhang3
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Lab Silicon Mat, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. 21626057@zju.edu.cn.
Abstract:
P(VDF-TrFE) (vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene)/PMMA (PVT/PMMA) blended films synthesized through a facile solution-blending method show outstanding performance for practical electrowetting and energy storage applications. The van der Waals forces and dipolar interactions in neighboring P(VDF-TrFE) and PMMA chains, together with the suppressed free volume (or defect) are critical to the significantly-enhanced electrical properties. Typical, Teflon-covered P(VDF-TrFE)/PMMA blended film exhibits a high dielectric constant of 13 with low dielectric loss (~0.05) at 100 Hz and a large initial contact angle of 122°. Its electrowetting response with a contact angle modulation of 50° in air and low contact angle hysteresis demonstrate that it is promising for low-voltage electrowetting applications. Furthermore, with an energy density of 11.8 J/cm³, approximately double that of pure P(VDF-TrFE), PVT/PMMA blended films containing 20 wt % PMMA turn out to be superior materials for energy storage applications, due to their significantly-enhanced polarization and reduced remnant polarization.
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