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US 12,376,495 · App. 17/556,933 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Polymer-based piezoelectric composite material and piezoelectric film

Inventor: Masayuki Haga (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H10N30/852H10N30/883
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Patent No.
US 12,376,495
App. No.
17/556,933
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material and a piezoelectric film having piezoelectric conversion characteristics stabilized by suppressing a change in piezoelectric conversion efficiency in various humidity environments. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material is a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material including piezoelectric particles in a matrix containing a polymer material, in which a pore volume per unit area is in a range of 0.01 μL/mm 2 to 1.7 μL/mm 2 , which is acquired in a manner that a mercury penetration amount of a sample obtained by cutting a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material in a thickness direction and cutting out the polymer-based piezoelectric particle into a size of 12.5 mm×25 mm is measured by a mercury penetration method, and the penetration amount is divided by an area of a cross-section of the sample.

Claims (39)

1. A polymer-based piezoelectric composite material comprising:

piezoelectric particles in a matrix containing a polymer material,

wherein a pore volume per unit area is in a range of 0.01 μL/mm 2 to 1.7 μL/mm 2 , which is acquired in a manner that an electrode layer is formed on each of both surfaces of the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material to form a piezoelectric film and a mercury penetration amount of a sample obtained by cutting the piezoelectric film in a thickness direction and cutting out the piezoelectric film into a size of 12.5 mm×25 mm is measured by a mercury penetration method, and the penetration amount is divided by an area of a cross section of the sample.

2. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material is polarized in the thickness direction.

3. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material according to claim 2 ,

wherein piezoelectric characteristics do not include in-plane anisotropy.

4. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material according to claim 2 ,

wherein the polymer material has a viscoelasticity at room temperature.

5. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material according to claim 1 ,

wherein piezoelectric characteristics do not include in-plane anisotropy.

6. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material according to claim 5 ,

wherein the polymer material has a viscoelasticity at room temperature.

7. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polymer material has a viscoelasticity at room temperature.

8. A piezoelectric film comprising:

a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material which contains piezoelectric particles in a matrix containing a polymer material; and

an electrode layer which is formed on each of both surfaces of the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material,

wherein a pore volume per unit area is in a range of 0.01 μL/mm 2 to 1.7 μL/mm 2 , which is acquired in a manner that a mercury penetration amount of a sample obtained by cutting the piezoelectric film in a thickness direction and cutting out the piezoelectric film into a size of 12.5 mm×25 mm is measured by a mercury penetration method, and the penetration amount is divided by an area of a cross-section of the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material of the sample.

9. The piezoelectric film according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a protective layer laminated on a surface of the electrode layer opposite to a surface on the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material side.

10. The piezoelectric film according to claim 9 ,

wherein the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material is polarized in the thickness direction.

11. The piezoelectric film according to claim 9 ,

wherein piezoelectric characteristics do not include in-plane anisotropy.

12. The piezoelectric film according to claim 9 ,

wherein the polymer material has a viscoelasticity at room temperature.

13. The piezoelectric film according to claim 8 ,

wherein the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material is polarized in the thickness direction.

14. The piezoelectric film according to claim 13 ,

wherein piezoelectric characteristics do not include in-plane anisotropy.

15. The piezoelectric film according to claim 13 ,

wherein the polymer material has a viscoelasticity at room temperature.

16. The piezoelectric film according to claim 8 ,

wherein piezoelectric characteristics do not include in-plane anisotropy.

17. The piezoelectric film according to claim 16 ,

wherein the polymer material has a viscoelasticity at room temperature.

18. The piezoelectric film according to claim 8 ,

wherein the polymer material has a viscoelasticity at room temperature.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2021
From: HAGA, MASAYUKI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058452/0615 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-121255 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020022508 · Jun 8, 2020
Related Publication 20220116714A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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