Water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) mixed with piezo-active polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) micro-grains constitute hybrid blends for transfusing mechanical energy to electric one. The value of the piezoelectric coefficient is, in principle, a portion of the value that neat PVdF exhibits. In the present work, we investigate the possibility, by dispersing nano-graphene platelets (NGPs), to augment the total electromechanical coupling. Mechanical stress applied on structurally and compositionally heterogeneous solids results in increased values of the internal local stress field: NGPs are likely to amplify the local stress exercised on the surface of individual piezoelectric polymer grains. PVA - PVdF (3:1 w/w), cast from water solution, loaded with various fractions of NGPs boost the value of the overall piezoelectric coefficient by 150 % per weight fraction of NGPs and becomes superior to values reported for neat electro-active PVdF.
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