Core@double-shell structured fillers for increasing dielectric constant and suppressing dielectric loss of PVDF-based composite films

High dielectric constant polymer dielectrics have attracted a great deal of attention in flexible electronics. However, it appears to be a paradox for polymer dielectrics that the enhancement of their dielectric constant often comes along with the increase of dielectric loss. Hence, we reported core@double shell structured filler/ poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) composites to overcome this paradox. The hybrid filler with BaTiO3 (BT) as the core, conductive carbon as the inner shell, and insulating polydopamine (PDA) as the outer shell was synthesized. As a result, the BT@C@PDA/PVDF composites at the filler content of 11 vol% exhibit an outstanding dielectric performance with a dielectric constant of 45 and a dielectric loss of 0.053 at 10(3) Hz. This phenomenon can be attributed to the increased interfacial polarization induced by the inner carbon shell and the conductive paths blockade caused by the outside PDA shell inside the BT@C@PDA/PVDF composites. This work reveals that rational design of core@double shell structured hybrid fillers maybe a promising way to optimize the overall dielectric performance of the PVDF-based composites.