Realizing Rationally-Balanced Dielectric Properties in Fluoropolymer/Cr2AlC MAX Composites Modified by 2D-BN

Abstract

Polymer/conductor composite dielectric materials have a high dielectric constant. In recent years, composite dielectrics have become a study hotspot in high-density energy storage capacitors. However, high dielectric loss and high electrical conductivity make the application of the composite materials very limited. In order to obtain composite materials with high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss and low conductivity, we added the insulating boron nitride (BN) filler into polymer/Cr2AlC composites. As a conductive filler, Cr2AlC ternary-layered-compound (MAX) ceramic has an interface polarization with the polymer matrix, thereby increasing the dielectric constant of the composites. The insulating BN has a very low electrical conductivity, which can effectively reduce the electrical conductivity and dielectric loss of the composites. Compared with the binary polymer/Cr AlC composite materials, the ternary polymer/Cr AlC/BN composite materials can achieve the low dielectric loss and low conductivity as well as properly-lowered dielectric constant. The ternary composite material filled with 10 wt% Cr2AlC and 2 wt% BN has a dielectric constant of about 30, a dielectric loss of about 0.7 and a conductivity of about 4.6×10− 7 S m−1 at 100 Hz. In this work, high-performance composite dielectrics were prepared through good cooperation between conductive and insulating ceramic fillers, which might provide an idea for design of promising energy storage capacitors.