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Greatly enhanced dielectric permittivity in La1.7Sr0.3NiO4/poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites that retained a low loss tangent

Abstract

The effect of La1.7Sr0.3NiO4 nanoparticles (LSNO-NPs) on the dielectric properties of LSNO-NPs/polyvinylidene fluoride (LSNO-NPs/PVDF) composites is presented. LSNO-NPs/PVDF composites fabricated via a liquid-phase assisted dispersion and hot-pressing methods showed a homogeneous dispersion of LSNO-NPs in a PVDF polymer matrix. The dielectric permittivity (ε′) continuously increased with increasing volume fraction of LSNO-NPs from fLSNO = 0–0.20, following the effective medium theory and Lichtenecker's logarithmic models. This result was intrinsically caused by a very large ε′ ≈ 105 of LSNO-NPs ceramic particles. At fLSNO = 0.25, ε′ deviated from the conventional mixed models, indicating a dominant extrinsic effect. A rapid change in ε′ of LSNO-NPs/PVDF composites was observed when fLSNO > 0.3. A largely enhanced dielectric response with ε′ ≈ 3285 at 1 kHz was obtained at fLSNO = 0.35, while the loss tangent was still low (≈0.83). This extremely enhanced ε′ value is attributed to the large interfacial areas and very short interparticle distances between LSNO-NPs (≈20–30 nm) separated by a thin layer of PVDF, forming highly effective microcapacitors. The overall ε′ values are well described by the combination model of effective medium percolation theory.

Graphical abstract: Greatly enhanced dielectric permittivity in La1.7Sr0.3NiO4/poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites that retained a low loss tangent

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Feb 2017
Accepted
14 Mar 2017
First published
20 Mar 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 17128-17136

Greatly enhanced dielectric permittivity in La1.7Sr0.3NiO4/poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites that retained a low loss tangent

K. Meeporn, P. Thongbai, T. Yamwong and S. Maensiri, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 17128 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA01675A

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