Abstract
AbstractPersistent polarization in poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) thermoelectrets prepared under high electric field strengths has been studied by measurements of surface charge and piezoelectricity. An anomalous heterocharge appears after the normal homocharge disappears. A model is proposed to explain the surface charge phenomena; the anomalous heterocharge is expressed as a sum of a hidden homocharge and a hidden heterocharge. It is concluded that the anomalous heterocharge as well as the apparent homocharge are not responsible for the piezoelectricity of PVDF electrets. The piezoelectricity is shown to depend on the structure of the original PVDF films or the amount of β‐form crystals. However, the piezoelectricity is not attributed to stress dependence of the spontaneous polarization in the β‐form crystal of PVDF, but to the hidden polarization which bring about the anomalous heterocharge. The hidden polarizations are attributed to trapped charges.
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