title: Enhanced dielectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites filled with nano iron oxide-deposited barium titanate hybrid particles.
abstract: We report enhancement of the dielectric permittivity of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) generated by depositing magnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles on the surface of barium titanate (BT) to fabricate BT-Fe3O4/PVDF composites. This process introduced an external magnetic field and the influences of external magnetic field on dielectric properties of composites were investigated systematically. The composites subjected to magnetic field treatment for 30 min at 60 °C exhibited the largest dielectric permittivity (385 at 100 Hz) when the BT-Fe3O4 concentration is approximately 33 vol.%. The BT-Fe3O4 suppressed the formation of a conducting path in the composite and induced low dielectric loss (0.3) and low conductivity (4.12 × 10(-9) S/cm) in the composite. Series-parallel model suggested that the enhanced dielectric permittivity of BT-Fe3O4/PVDF composites should arise from the ultrahigh permittivity of BT-Fe3O4 hybrid particles. However, the experimental results of the BT-Fe3O4/PVDF composites treated by magnetic field agree with percolation theory, which indicates that the enhanced dielectric properties of the BT-Fe3O4/PVDF composites originate from the interfacial polarization induced by the external magnetic field. This work provides a simple and effective way for preparing nanocomposites with enhanced dielectric properties for use in the electronics industry.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.|School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Changhai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.|School of Applied Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.|State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qingguo
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.|School of Applied Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiufeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.|School of Applied Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.|School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lizhu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qingquan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lei