High Discharge Energy Density at Low Electric Field Using an Aligned Titanium Dioxide/Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanowire Array.

Dou Zhang,Hang Luo,Weiwei Liu,Kechao Zhou,Ru Guo

doi:10.1002/advs.201700512

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Abstract

Polymer‐based capacitors with high energy density have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their wide range of potential applications in electronic devices. However, the obtained high energy density is predominantly dependent on high applied electric field, e.g., 400–600 kV mm−1, which may bring more challenges relating to the failure probability. Here, a simple two‐step method for synthesizing titanium dioxide/lead zirconate titanate nanowire arrays is exploited and a demonstration of their ability to achieve high discharge energy density capacitors for low operating voltage applications is provided. A high discharge energy density of 6.9 J cm−3 is achieved at low electric fields, i.e., 143 kV mm−1, which is attributed to the high relative permittivity of 218.9 at 1 kHz and high polarization of 23.35 µC cm−2 at this electric field. The discharge energy density obtained in this work is the highest known for a ceramic/polymer nanocomposite at such a low electric field. The novel nanowire arrays used in this work are applicable to a wide range of fields, such as energy harvesting, energy storage, and photocatalysis.

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Polymer-based capacitors with high energy density have attracted significant where E is the applied electric field and D is the electric displacement attention in recent years due to their wide range of potential applications in electronic devices
A high discharge energy density of 6.9 J cm−3 is achieved at low electric fields, i.e., 143 kV mm−1, which is attributed to the high relative permittivity of 218.9 at 1 kHz and high polarization of 23.35 μC cm−2 at this electric field
Energy density of 10.8 J cm−3 at a relatively low electric field of 240 kV mm−1 could be achieved in BaTiO3/PVDF nanocomposites with aligned BaTiO3 nanowires.[10]

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Introduction

Polymer-based capacitors with high energy density have attracted significant where E is the applied electric field and D is the electric displacement attention in recent years due to their wide range of potential applications in electronic devices. Energy density of 10.8 J cm−3 at a relatively low electric field of 240 kV mm−1 could be achieved in BaTiO3/PVDF nanocomposites with aligned BaTiO3 nanowires.[10]

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