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Enhanced energy storage in polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) + BaZrO3 electroactive nanocomposites

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PVDF + BaZrO3 electroactive nanocomposite thin film has been prepared by solution casting method. The structural analysis was carried out by using x-ray diffraction pattern and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Generally, the performance of dielectric capacitors toward higher energy density and higher operating temperatures has been drawing increased interest. In this regard, the present study was focussed on the fabrication and characterization of PVDF + BaZrO3 electroactive nanocomposites in view of enhancing the energy density at elevated temperature. Cole-Cole plot is an agreement with multiple relaxation process in electroactive nanocomposites. Dielectric energy storage performance is assessed for PVDF nanocomposites with different wt% of BaZrO3 at different frequencies and temperature. It has been observed that with increase of temperature, the permittivity increased while the energy density slightly decreased but significantly higher than pure polymer PVDF. A high energy density of 6.88 J/cm3 was obtained for BaZrO3 electroactive nanocomposites at 50 °C and 5.06 J/cm3 at 70 °C. Overall, the testing results indicate that using nanocomposites of PVDF and BaZrO3 as a dielectric component is promising for implementation to preserve high energy density values up to temperatures of 70 °C.The enhancement of dielectric permittivity and the energy density is attributed due to increase of interracial charge density. The effect of BaZrO3 nanoparticles in energy density of PVDF is first time reported.

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Financial assistance from Indo-Belarusian Scientific Cooperation, DST, New Delhi (India) (letter no.INT/BLR/P-13/2016) is gratefully acknowledged. Authors are thankful to the Directors, AIRF, JNU, New Delhi (India) for providing XRD characterization facilities.

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Sagar, R., Gaur, S.S., Grace, A.N. et al. Enhanced energy storage in polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) + BaZrO3 electroactive nanocomposites. Ionics 24, 1965–1978 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-018-2436-3

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