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 |
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).