%0 Journal Article
%T Electronic Transport Mechanisms in PVDF/ZnO Nanocomposite Films
%A Bir B. Bohara
%A Ashok K. Batra
%A James R. Currie Jr.
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 6
%N 9
%P 1-9
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2019
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1105707
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">In this report, we present fundamental DC conduction mechanisms of pol-yvinyl difluoride/nano-zinc oxide (PVDF/ZnO) composite films. Nano-composite films of zinc oxide in the PVDF matrix have been fabricated via a solution casting method. Space charge limited conduction (SCLC) was found to be a prominent conduction mechanism in higher voltage region and Schottky- Richardson mechanism was a possible conduction mechanism in a higher temperature region. DC activation energy for composites was found to decrease with increasing concentration of ZnO nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) with 1.41 eV (9.9 wt%), 1.04 eV (33.33 wt%), and 0.95 eV (33.33 wt%   RGO), respectively.</span>
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%K PVDF
%K Nano-Composites
%K ZnO
%K DC Conduction
%K Reduced Graphene Oxide
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5420494