Multilayer dielectric films, which comprise of a high dielectric constant polar polymer [e.g., poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) or nylons] and a high breakdown strength/low loss polymer [e.g., polycarbonate (PC)], are promising for next generation polymer film capacitors, because they can combine both advantageous extrinsic (interfacial polarization) and intrinsic (electronic/atomic/orientational polarizations) dielectric properties into one system. Nonetheless, polar polymers, such as PVDF and nylons, are easily contaminated with impurity ions, which are very difficult to remove. Even sub-ppm level of impurity ions can cause significant conduction loss for dielectric films. Multilayer films with nanoconfinement is an excellent approach to mitigate impurity ion conduction loss for polar polymers. In this work, confined ionic transport in multilayer films is studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy combined with analytical simulation at both low and high alternating current electric fields. With this insightful understanding, impurity ions in PVDF layers are polarized and then locked in high glass transition temperature PC layers. Ultimately, impurity ion conduction loss is significantly reduced for multilayer films at temperatures up to 120 °C.<br/><br/>

Understanding ion transport confined in multilayer polymer films using broadband dielectric spectroscopy

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