Development of a low temperature PZT/polymer paste for screen printed flexible electronics applications

Author

Almusallam, Ahmed ; Kai Yang ; Dibin Zhu ; Torah, Russel ; Tudor, John ; Beeby, Steve

Author_Institution

Electron. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

2-5 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

2183

Lastpage

2186

Abstract

Screen-printing is a versatile and cost effective fabrication method for depositing thick-film patterns on a wide range of substrates. It has been used in printing electronics on flexible substrates such as films, papers and textiles. This paper presents a low temperature screen-printable PZT/polymer paste consisting of PZT powder, high dielectric constant polymer binder and solvent. The optimization of the PZT/polymer weight ratio (12:1) and poling process (90°C, 6 minutes and applied electric field of 3.75 MV/m) achieved a d₃₃ of 40 pC/N. Also, the material has a Young´s modulus of 131 MPa and is very flexible enabling it to be exploited in e-textiles applications for energy harvesting and sensing.

Keywords

Young´s modulus; dielectric polarisation; flexible electronics; lead compounds; materials preparation; polymers; thick films; PZT; PZT powder; PZT-polymer weight ratio optimization; Young´s modulus; e-textile applications; energy harvesting; flexible substrates; high dielectric constant polymer binder; low temperature screen-printable PZT-polymer paste; papers; poling process optimization; screen printed flexible electronics applications; temperature 90 degC; thick-film patterns; time 6 min; Dielectric constant; Electric fields; Films; Piezoelectric materials; Polymers; Sensors; Piezoelectric; energy harvesing; flexible electronics; screen-printing; sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SENSORS, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Valencia

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2014.6985472

Filename

6985472