“…The polyamic acid (PAA) precursor was polymerized from ODA and PMDA in freshly distilled DMAC under stirring at room temperature for 24 h. Then, different amounts of PVDF powders (10,20,30,40, and 50 wt.%) were ultrasonically dispersed in DMAC for 1 h. In order to prepare homogeneous and different concentrations of PVDF/PAA solution, various weight fractions of PVDF/DMAC dispersion were added into the PAA solution with further vigorous stirring for 24 h. Then, the PAA was imidized using a standard thermal imidization method. Subsequently, the mixture was cast onto a piece of clean glass plate, and thermally imidized at 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 °C for 1 h and 300 °C for 0.5 h to form PI/PVDF composite films.…”