Abatement of high-voltage leakage current in electrostrictive fluorinated polymers through electro-annealing

Francesco Pedroli; Alessio Marrani; Minh-Quyen Le; Olivier Sanseau; Pierre-Jean Cottinet; Jean-Fabien Capsal

doi:10.1117/12.2514061

13 March 2019 Abatement of high-voltage leakage current in electrostrictive fluorinated polymers through electro-annealing

Francesco Pedroli, Alessio Marrani, Minh-Quyen Le, Olivier Sanseau, Pierre-Jean Cottinet, Jean-Fabien Capsal

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Proceedings Volume 10966, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI; 109662T (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514061
Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2019, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Electro-active polymers (EAPs) such as P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) was demonstrated to be greatly promising in the field of flexible sensors and actuators[1]. The advantages of using EAPs for smart electrical devices are due to their low cost, elastic properties, low density and ability to be manufactured into various shapes and thicknesses. In earlier years, terpolymer P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE), attracted many researchers due to its relaxor-ferroelectric property that exhibits high electrostriction phenomena[2]. Although their attractiveness, this class of materials still owns the main technological constrain of high electric fields required for their actuation (≥ 30 V/μm, about), which inevitably leads to high level of leakage current and thus short life-time[3]. This paper will demonstrate that an alternative approach is possible. Working on the pure terpolymer P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) matrix, dedicated electro-thermal treatments are introduced in the film fabrication process in order to limit the conduction mechanisms at high electric fields. Reduction in high-voltage leakage current of 80% are achieved for a wide range of actuation electric fields (up to 90 V/μm), and a 4-fold extension in timeto-breakdown are measured for actuation electric field of 40 V/μm

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Francesco Pedroli, Alessio Marrani, Minh-Quyen Le, Olivier Sanseau, Pierre-Jean Cottinet, and Jean-Fabien Capsal "Abatement of high-voltage leakage current in electrostrictive fluorinated polymers through electro-annealing", Proc. SPIE 10966, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI, 109662T (13 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514061

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