Significantly enhanced dielectric properties of P(VDF-HFP) composite films filled with core-shell BaTiO3@PANI nanoparticles

Core-shell structured BaTiO 3 @polyaniline (BT@PANI) nanoparticles were synthesized via surface hydroxylation and in-situ polymerization method and were embedded into Poly(vinylidene fluoride- co -hexafluoropropylene) [P(VDF-HFP)] matrix. The dielectric performance as well as thermal behavior of BT@PANI/P(VDF-HFP) nanocomposite films are investigated. The crystallinity increases with increasing the BT@PANI content. Compared with BT particles, the BT@PANI core-shell nanoparticles exhibit notable improvement on dielectric properties . Typically, with a filler content of 20 vol% BT@PANI, the dielectric constant of BT@PANI/P(VDF-HFP) composite film reaches 99.1 at 1 kHz, which is 6.2 times larger than that of 20 vol% BT (16.1) and 9.6 times larger than pristine P(VDF-HFP) (10.3). Enhanced permittivity is generated from the interfacial polarization and the microcapacitor effect provided by the core-shell nanoparticles. Moreover, nanocomposite film maintains a low dielectric loss of 0.21 at 1 kHz. This research offers a solution for fabricating dielectric composite with large dielectric constant and low dielectric loss, which could be beneficial for the improvement of advanced electronic devices.