A dielectric polymer with high electric energy density and fast discharge speed

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5785, 2006, Pages 334-336

  Chu, Baojin ^a   Zhou, Xin ^b   Ren, Kailiang ^b   Neese, Bret ^a   Lin, Minren ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Bauer, F ^c   Zhang, Q M ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Electrical Engineering Department   (France)

^c FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PERMITTIVITY;

DIELECTRIC POLYMERS; ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT; ELECTRIC ENERGY DENSITY; ELECTRIC SYSTEMS;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33749262454     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1127798     Document Type: Article

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19. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research under grant numbers N00014-05-1-0455 and N00014-05-1-0541. We thank 3M for supplying P(VDF-GFE) and PVDF powders used in this investigation.