Poly (vinylidene fluoride) Thin Film Prepared by Roll Hot Press

Abstract

Various methods have been developed in the manufacture of Poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) thin films such as coating, spreading, evaporation and calendaring. The method of making this film certainly has many advantages and disadvantages as in the case of operational processes and also the cost of the required treatment. In this paper, an alternative method to preparation of PVDF thin films has been done through the development calendaring method by using roll hot press. The advantages of roll hot press are simple in terms of operation and relative low cost. PVDF thin film has been produced for several temperatures of roll hot press with several different thicknesses. The PVDF thin films are characterized using X-Ray Diffraction and IR spectra. In addition to determine the surface resistivity are caried out using I-V meter. We found that an increase in β fraction of PVDF thin films with increasing temperature at fixed film thickness, while the surface resistivity of PVDF film are decreased. This shown that the piezoelectric property of PVDF films has been