TY - JOUR AU - Hu, Xiao AB - A two-dimensional hybrid perovskite, (PEA)2PbI4, is added as a functional additive to a dielectric PVDF terpolymer matrix to improve its dielectric strength. It is found that a trace amount of added (PEA)2PbI4 of 0.1 wt% gives rise to a 25% improvement in the DC dielectric breakdown strength of the polymer. Mechanistic study using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy reveals that the perovskite additive reduces the carrier density in the polymer matrix correspondingly, which is believed to be the main reason that leads to a large breakdown strength enhancement. This work presents not only a novel potential application of a 2D hybrid perovskite, but also a practical approach to modify polymeric dielectric materials for the achievement of excellent electrical insulating performance. TI - Remarkable dielectric breakdown strength enhancement of a PVDF terpolymer using a 2D hybrid organic inorganic perovskite as a functional additive JO - Journal of Materials Chemistry C DO - 10.1039/c9tc03220g DA - 2019-11-07 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/royal-society-of-chemistry/remarkable-dielectric-breakdown-strength-enhancement-of-a-pvdf-hC0OKtFWWP SP - 13390 EP - 13395 VL - 7 IS - 43 DP - DeepDyve ER -