Achieving High Energy Density in PVDF-Based Polymer Blends: Suppression of Early Polarization Saturation and Enhancement of Breakdown Strength

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 27236-27242

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Shen, Yang ^a   Shen, Zhonghui ^a   Jiang, Jianyong ^a   Chen, Longqing ^b   Nan, Ce Wen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dielectric; electric displacement; energy density; ferroelectricity; polymer blends

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY STORAGE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES;

BI-AXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; FERROELECTRIC HYSTERESIS; INTERFACIAL POLARIZATION; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84991628940     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b10016     Document Type: Article

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