Fabrication and characterization of thermally drawn fiber capacitors
Abstract
We report on the fabrication of all-in-fiber capacitors with poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) as the dielectric material. Electrodes made of conductive polymer are separated by a PVDF thin film within a polycarbonate casing that is thermally drawn into multiple meters of light-weight, readily functional fiber. Capacitive response up to 20 kHz is measured and losses at higher-frequencies are accounted for in a materials-based model. A multilayered architecture in which a folded PVDF film separates interdigitated electrodes over an increased area is fabricated. This structure greatly enhances the capacitance, which scales linearly with the fiber length and is unaffected by fiber dimension fluctuations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 15, 2013
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4802783
Entities
People
- Guillaume Lestoquoy
- John D. Joannopoulos
- Noémie Chocat
- Yoel Fink
- Zheng Wang
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- National Science Foundation