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. 2020 Feb 24;12(11):13575–13583. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c02578

Table 1. Summary of Crystallinity and Chemical Composition Measurements of all the PVDF Samples from WAXS, DSC, FTIR, and XPSa.

  WAXS
DSC
DSC calculated crystallinity
XPS FTIR
sample xα [%] xβ [%] xc [%] xβ/xα Tm [°C] ΔHm [J·g–1] xα [%] xβ [%] xc [%] F/C F(β) [%]
PVDF pellet 34.6 0 34.6 0 171 ± 0.2 38.6 ± 0.2 36.9 ± 0.2 0 36.9 ± 0.2    
PVDF30– 21.7 7 28.7 0.32 168.5 ± 0.5 53.1 ± 0.6 29.9 ± 0.3 10.0 ± 0.1 39.9 ± 0.4 0.83 50
PVDF30+ 21.5 7.3 28.8 0.34 167.7 ± 0.3 54.7 ± 0.9 30.3 ± 0.5 10.4 ± 0.2 40.7 ± 0.7 0.88 52
PVDF60– 12.2 14.2 26.4 1.16 166.8 ± 0.2 56.8 ± 0.2 15.8 ± 0.1 18.3 ± 0.1 34.1 ± 0.2 0.78 70
PVDF60+ 12.9 14.1 27 1.09 166.6 ± 0.3 56.2 ± 0.4 16.3 ± 0.1 17.8 ± 0.1 34.1 ± 0.2 0.89 74
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Details on crystallinity calculation from WAXS and DSC are provided in the Supporting Information. In the case of the WAXS results, the absolute maximum error is 3% and between the samples may be treated as negligible (see deconvolution details in the Supporting Information).