Table 1. Relative β-Phase Content, Melting Temperature, Percentage of Crystalline Phase, Degradation Temperature, and Young’s Modulus of the Neat PVDF Film and the Composites with CFO and Varying Contents of MWCNT.
| CFO/MWCNT (wt %) | β-phase (%) ± 2% | Tm (°C) ± 1 °C | XC (%) ± 2% | Tdeg (°C) ± 5 °C | E’/MPa | yield strength/MPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0/0 | 5 | 172 | 56 | 442 | 1225 ± 103 | 37 ± 5 |
| 20/0 | 13 | 171 | 42 | 468 | 926 ± 100 | 25 ± 5 |
| 20/0.5 | 5 | 173 | 42 | 466 | 1036 ± 135 | 24 ± 5 |
| 20/1 | 10 | 172 | 49 | 470 | 337 ± 28 | 7 ± 3 |
| 20/1.5 | 11 | 173 | 39 | 460 | 314 ± 24 | 4 ± 2 |
| 20/3 | 21 | 172 | 42 | 439 | 353 ± 29 | 3 ± 2 |