Polymer-Based Dielectrics with High Energy Storage Density

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 433-458

  Chen, Qin ^a   Shen, Yang ^b   Zhang, Shihai ^c   Zhang, Q M ^b,d  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PolyK Technologies   (United States)

^d The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitors; Dielectrics; Electric polarization; Ferroelectric polymers; High electric field; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY STORAGE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; THROUGHPUT;

CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH ENERGY STORAGE DENSITIES; MANUFACTURING METHODS; POLYMER DIELECTRICS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84940915205     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070214-021017     Document Type: Article

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