Purified and porous poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) thin films for pyroelectric infrared sensing and energy harvesting

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Navid, A ^a   Lynch, C S ^a   Pilon, L ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FERROELECTRIC HYSTERESIS; FIGURES OF MERITS; INFRARED DETECTION; INFRARED SENSING; LOSS TANGENT; PARAELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE) [P(VDF-TRFE)]; POROUS FILM; PYROELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; THERMOPHYSICAL;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FERROELECTRICITY; HARVESTING; INFRARED DETECTORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PURIFICATION; THIN FILMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77951238226     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/5/055006     Document Type: Article

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