Polymer-Based Dielectric Composite Materials for Energy Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 May 2025 | Viewed by 2439
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer composites; dielectric materials; energy storage; ferroelectric; energy harvesting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer-based composites exhibit a number of advantages over their ceramic or ceramic-based composite counterparts, including easy processing, low manufacturing costs, flexibility, low dielectric constants, a high breakdown strength, etc., in application fields such as electrostatic energy storage capacitors, triboelectric nanogenerators, etc. In recent years, the study of polymers and their composites has drawn great interest in these fields. The adoption of polymer-based composites has greatly improved several significant material parameters, including energy storage density, charge–discharge efficiency, high-frequency dielectric constants, and triboelectric properties of materials. On the other hand, issues regarding polymer-based composites have also been raised, which include interfacial defects, the influence of filler dimensions and properties, high-temperature applications, etc. Therefore, both opportunities and challenges are faced by researchers in these fields.
Recognizing the importance of experiments and simulations in understanding the properties and novel applications of polymer-based composites across scales and under a variety of conditions, this Special Issue of Polymers invites contributions covering several aspects of polymer composites, such as dielectric nanocomposites for energy storage, the development of high-temperature composites for energy storage, percolative composites filled with electrically conductive fillers for electrode materials, polymer composites for modulation of the friction properties of the triboelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting, etc. The above list is only indicative and by no means exhaustive; articles reporting original experimental or simulation work on polymer-based composites, as well as review articles, are welcome.
Dr. Gang Jian
Dr. Zixiong Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer-based composites
- dielectric
- energy storage
- capacitors
- ferroelectric
- energy harvesting
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