Issue 7, 2016

Improving the dielectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites by using poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)-encapsulated polyaniline nanorods

Abstract

The introduction of conductive polymers can significantly improve the dielectric constant of polymer-based materials but results in overly large increases of dielectric loss. Herein, uniform-sized and easily dispersed polyaniline nanorods (dPANI@PVP) were synthesized by applying a dynamically interfacial polymerization method and encapsulating the nanorods with poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP). The synthesized dPANI@PVP was then used to fabricate poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based (PVDF) nanocomposites that displayed a high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss. Morphological and structural analyses showed the insulating PVP shell to have a thickness of 5–10 nm and to be wrapped on the dPANI nanorod surface, which not only provided a barrier layer between the conductive dPANI nanorods, but also facilitated an excellent dispersion of dPANI nanorods in the PVDF matrix. As a result, the dPANI@PVP/PVDF nanocomposites showed a relatively low dielectric loss while maintaining a sufficiently high dielectric constant. Specifically, when the loading of dPANI@PVP was 9.5 wt%, the dielectric constant of the nanocomposite reached 174 at 100 Hz, which is about 20 times higher than that of pure PVDF. Moreover, there was only a small increase of the dielectric loss from 0.06 for pure PVDF to 0.17 for the nanocomposite.

Graphical abstract: Improving the dielectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites by using poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)-encapsulated polyaniline nanorods

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Nov 2015
Accepted
04 Jan 2016
First published
04 Jan 2016

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 1504-1510

Improving the dielectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites by using poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)-encapsulated polyaniline nanorods

S. Yu, F. Qin and G. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 1504 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC04026D

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