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Enhanced dielectric and electrical performance of phosphonic acid-modified tantalum (Ta)-doped potassium sodium niobate (KNaNbO3)-P(VDF-HFP) composites

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PA-KNNT-P(VDF-HFP) composite films were synthesized using facile solution casting technique. Due to their wide range of applications in dielectric and electrical systems, phosphonic acid (PA)-modified tantalum-doped potassium sodium niobate (KNNT)–polyvinylidene fluoride co-hexafluoropropylene P(VDF-HFP) composite films have piqued the interest of academic researchers. Microstructural analysis showed that PA layers incorporated onto the KNNT particles within the polymer matrix. The PA-KNNT-P(VDF-HFP) composite exhibited improved dielectric and electrical performance over a broad range of frequency, and the value of the dielectric constant of the P(VDF-HFP) composites is improved by ≈119 over the P(VDF-HFP) matrix at a filler loading 19 wt.%. Moreover, PA-KNNT-P(VDF-HFP) composite also reveals higher dielectric constant (≈ 119) and AC conductivity than P(VDF-HFP)-KNNT composites, while maintaining suppressed dielectric loss (\(\le 1.3\) at 102 Hz). It is also observed that the PA-KNNT-P(VDF-HFP) composite exhibited an insulator–conductor transition with a percolation threshold of fKNNT = 13.4 wt.%. As a result of their exceptional dielectric and electrical characteristics, PA-KNNT-P(VDF-HFP) composites have the potential to find exciting practical applications in a variety of electronic domains.

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    Debajani Tripathy, Ankita Subhrasmita Gadtya & Srikanta Moharana

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    Subhendu Chakroborty

  3. Laboratory of Polymeric and Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, 768019, India

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  5. University Centre for Research and Development (UCRD), Department of Physics, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Gharuan, Punjab, India

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DT performed manuscript writing and experimental data investigations and analysis. SC done research supervision and mentorship, guidance of the project, as well as made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data. ASG contributed to external experimental analysis, draft checking. RNM has given experiments of data analysis and has been involved in drafting the manuscript. SM revised it critically for important intellectual content. AB was involved in conceptual thematic diagrams and graphical analysis. KP done thematic concept of the main research analysis and moderation of full length manuscript and experimental resources.

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Tripathy, D., Chakroborty, S., Gadtya, A.S. et al. Enhanced dielectric and electrical performance of phosphonic acid-modified tantalum (Ta)-doped potassium sodium niobate (KNaNbO3)-P(VDF-HFP) composites. Eur. Phys. J. E 46, 21 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00279-6

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