Ultrasensitive mechanical/thermal response of a P(VDF-TrFE) sensor with a tailored network interconnection interface.
Bo LiChuanyang CaiYang LiuFang WangBin YangQikai LiPengxiang ZhangBiao DengPengfei HouWei-Shu LiuPublished in: Nature communications (2023)
Ferroelectric polymers have great potential applications in mechanical/thermal sensing, but their sensitivity and detection limit are still not outstanding. We propose interface engineering to improve the charge collection in a ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) copolymer (P(VDF-TrFE)) thin film via cross-linking with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) layer. The as-fabricated P(VDF-TrFE)/PEDOT:PSS composite film exhibits an ultrasensitive and linear mechanical/thermal response, showing sensitivities of 2.2 V kPa -1 in the pressure range of 0.025-100 kPa and 6.4 V K -1 in the temperature change range of 0.05-10 K. A corresponding piezoelectric coefficient of -86 pC N -1 and a pyroelectric coefficient of 95 μC m -2 K -1 are achieved because more charge is collected by the network interconnection interface between PEDOT:PSS and P(VDF-TrFE), related to the increase in the dielectric properties. Our work shines a light on a device-level technique route for boosting the sensitivity of ferroelectric polymer sensors through electrode interface engineering.
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