Nanocomposites are typically made up of a host material and one or more guest materials. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the synthetic methods that can be utilised to prepare them as well as the physicochemical and electrical characteristics of nanocomposites. The volume pays particular attention to the surface alternation of inorganic core-shell materials with nanometric dimensions, which assists in the development of an understanding of how nanocomposites function. More specifically, the book demonstrates in great detail how a broad interface between the polymer and the inorganic fillers governs the characteristics of nanocomposite dielectrics. Nanodielectrics are a new class of promising dielectric materials designed at the nanometric scale for potential applications in advanced electronic devices such as energy storage.
This book on Emerging Nanodielectric Materials for Energy Storage: From Bench to Field is intended to place an emphasis on the most advanced and fundamental phenomena pertinent to current global energy challenges. The scale of these challenges demands new technologies, and the design of new classes of nanodielectrics with applications in several key areas (which will be highlighted) will be at the centre of this new technological drive. Also highlighted will be the various facile processing techniques employed to fabricate nanodielectric materials and their composites with attractive properties like mechanical strength and flexibility that can complement electrical performance for end-use applications in the form of flexible thin-film capacitors, for example. The book thus endeavours to provide simultaneous fundamental insight into properties, performance and utility from bench to field. It places a tool for the birth and growth of new technological solutions in the hands of graduate students and both industrial and academic researchers including material scientists, engineers, physicists and chemists.
Since the discovery of nanocomposite dielectrics, scientists have learnt to produce several kinds of dielectric materials with enhanced qualities. As a result, the interest in nanocomposite dielectrics and their use has grown more widespread. For this interest in dielectrics to proliferate further, it is essential to have an understanding of the most recent developments in the field. It is hard to address all of the potential applications of nanocomposite dielectrics in a single book, owing to the tremendous progress that has been made in nanocomposite dielectric research. In this book, we have provided an overview of the current research being conducted in nanodielectrics of a specific field, and our subsequent books in this series will cover a great deal of additional material. This book comprises fifteen chapters based on recent nanodielectric materials for energy storage research. Chapter 1 "The Past, Present and Potential Future of Dielectric Nanomaterials" describes the energy, electronics and sensor sectors. This chapter mainly focuses on the properties and application of dielectric nanomaterials. Chapter 2 "Synthesis Approaches of Nanodielectric Materials" deals with various synthesis techniques towards nanodielectric materials. Chapter 3 "Synthesis, Microstructural and Dielectric Characterization of Nanodielectrics" describes the synthesis, microstructural and dielectric properties of many of the most important materials. Chapter 4 "Role and Prospects of Polymer Based Nanomaterials in the Dielectric World" provides a relatively brief overview and outlook of polymer-based nanomaterials with applications in various fields. Chapter 5 "Recent Progress in Nanodielectric Composites and Their Applications" presents a current and topical summary of different nanocomposite dielectrics along with their benefits. Chapter 6 "Effect of Nanofillers Reinforced Polymer Blends For Dielectric Applications" gives a concise introduction to the properties and dielectric applications of polymer blends and nanocomposites incorporating nanofillers. Chapter 7 "Metal and Metal Oxide-Based Polymeric Nanodielectrics For Energy Storage: Opportunities and Challenges" focuses on the properties of metal oxide-based polymeric nanocomposite dielectrics, whereas Chap. 8 "Fabrication and Properties of Dielectric Elastomer Based Nanocomposites" takes a broad view of the synthesis and properties of elastomeric nanocomposites. Chapter 9 "Physical and Chemical Properties of Inorganic-Polymer Nanodielectrics and Their Applications" explores the progress that has been made in identifying and interpreting the physical and chemical properties of nanocomposite dielectrics formed from inorganic fillers and polymeric hosts together with the applications that are most pertinent. Chapter 10 "Surface Engineering of Graphene Based Polymeric Composites for Energy Storage Devices" deals with the prospects for surface alteration of graphene-based polymer composites, their properties and how they find application in energy storage. In Chap. 11 "Core-Shell Structured Nanomaterials for High Performance Dielectric Applications", the authors describe how core-shell structures have become important for dielectric applications and how one might synthesise such nanomaterials. Chapter 12 "Transition Metal Oxide Based Nanomaterial for Advanced Energy Storage" offers a detailed discussion on transition metal oxide-based nanomaterials for practical applicability in the field of advanced energy storage, while Chap. 13 "Fluoropolymer Based Nanodielectrics for Energy Storage Application" takes a specific look at the growing number of fluoropolymer-based nanocomposite dielectrics that have been reported so far and their increasing influence in energy storage applications. Chapter 14 "Application of Organic-Inorganic Nanodielectrics for Energy Storage" introduces some of the most advanced energy storage applications offered by hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposite dielectrics, and then lastly Chap. 15 "Metal Oxide Nanofiller Introduced Polymer Based Nanocomposite Dielectrics for Advanced Energy Storage Devices" demonstrates the use of metal oxide ceramics in the doping of polymeric matrix dielectric nanocomposites. Overall, the book deals with many of the hosts of different aspects of nanodielectric composite research. Despite the vast breadth and depth of the area, we hope that you agree that the book provides a conveniently concise outline of the polymer (material) science and technology involved. We have high hopes that once the reader has had a chance to appreciate this volume, she or he will be equipped with sufficient information to proceed further into the otherwise daunting expanse of nanocomposite dielectric research. Each chapter of this book is comprehensively referenced, citing many examples of the most cutting-edge research from across the globe. In this respect, this volume acts as an atlas for further exploration, which should be of equal use to professionals in academia and industry, as to beginners in the field in navigating the far reaches of the nanodielectric world.

1 The Past, Present, and Potential Future of Dielectric Nanomaterials 1

2 Synthesis Approaches for Nanodielectric Materials 25

3 Synthesis, Microstructural and Dielectric Characterization of Nanodielectrics 59

4 Role and Prospects of Polymer-Based Nanomaterials in the Dielectric World 97

5 Recent Progress in Nanodielectric Composites and Their Applications 123

6 Effect of Nanofillers-Reinforced Polymer Blends for Dielectric Applications 151

7 Metal and Metal-Oxide-Based Polymeric Nanodielectrics for Energy Storage: Opportunities and Challenges 189

8 Fabrication and Properties of Dielectric Elastomer-Based Nanocomposites 213

9 Physical and Chemical Properties of Inorganic-Polymer Nanodielectrics and Their Applications 243

10 Surface Engineering of Graphene-Based Polymeric Composites for Energy Storage Devices 269

11 Core-Shell Structured Nanomaterials for High-Performance Dielectric Applications 305

12 Transition Metal Oxide-Based Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Storage 331

13 Fluoropolymer-Based Nanodielectrics for Energy Storage Application 357

14 Application of Organic-Inorganic Nanodielectrics for Energy Storage 385

15 Metal Oxide Nanofiller-Introduced Polymer-Based Nanocomposite Dielectrics for Advanced Energy Storage Devices 415

Index 433

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