Dielectric
polymers play a vital role in modern electronic and
electrical application because of easy processing, light weight, and
high breakdown strength. A high dielectric constant (εr) and breakdown strength cannot be satisfied simultaneously in the
dielectric homopolymers. Via combining the merits of different polymers,
the dielectric polymer blending method is a feasible option to address
this issue. In this paper, n-type semiconductive polymer poly(1,6,7,12-tetra-chlorinated
perylene-N-2-aminoethyl acrylate-N′-dodecylamine-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic bisimide) (PPDI) and
relaxor ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene)
(PVTC) were utilized to prepare the dielectric polymer blends because
PPDI had the characteristic of binding electrons and PVTC possessed
a high εr. A series of polymer blends with different
weight ratios of PPDI were fabricated to investigate the loading effect
of an n-type semiconductive polymer on the dielectric and energy storage
properties of PPDI/PVTC blends. The experimental results showed that,
when the loading was below 3 wt %, the εr of polymer
blends increased from 25 to 33 at 102 Hz with the increasing
content of polymer PPDI and then decreased from 33 to 7 with the increasing
concentration from 3 to 40 wt %. The dielectric behavior of polymer
blends was related to the dispersion of organic fillers and interface
polarization. Additionally, a low dielectric loss was found in all
polymer blending films. A maximal discharge energy density of 4.42
J/cm–3 was achieved in the 4.5 wt % PPDI/PVTC blending
film at 200 kV/mm–1. The finding presents an innovative
idea to synthesize high-performance all-organic dielectric materials.