Plate-barrier architecture of rGO-TiO2 derived from MXene for constructing well-aligned polymer nanocomposites with excellent dielectric performance
作者：Shifan Yu, Jianqiang Zhang*, Xu Zhu, Yingying Yin, Jinwei Xue, Fujun Xia, Yan Li, Qingzhong Xue*
關鍵字：Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Graphene; Electrical properties; Finite element analysis
論文來源：期刊
具體來源：Composites Science and Technology (SCI 1區，IF=9.879)
發表時間：2022年
Abstract
Dielectric polymers are playing increasingly important roles in advanced electronics and electric power systems, because of their high dielectric strength, stability, and lightweight. However, the relatively low intrinsic dielectric constant of dielectric polymers hinders their further applications. Herein, dielectric polymer composites were fabricated by blending with plate-barrier architecture fillers, which are comprised of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and intercalated titanium dioxide (TiO2) cubes. TiO2 cubes are homogeneously and controllably integrated onto rGO nanosheets utilizing 2D transition metal carbides (MXene) by means of shape match. TiO2 cubes could serve as joints to anchor rGO nanosheets for more effective polarization, and as barriers to impede the conductive contact of rGO nanosheets. In the nanocomposites, rGO nanosheets possess high alignment and overlap area resorting to the anchoring effect of TiO2, which increases the micro-capacitors in series that greatly enhance the dielectric constant. Therefore, it is investigated that the nanocomposites exhibit a high dielectric constant (211) and ultralow dielectric loss (0.104). Moreover, the enhancement mechanism of the micro-capacitors was also revealed by the finite element simulation. This contribution provides a novel strategy to fabricate well-aligned nanocomposites that are promising in electronics flexible materials.