Enhanced Energy Storage Properties of Four-Layer Composite Films via Strategic Macrointerface Modulation

Dielectric capacitors play a crucial role in the field of energy storage; however, the low discharged energy density (U-e) of existing commercial dielectrics limits their future applications. Currently, further improvement in the U-e of dielectrics is constrained by the challenge of simultaneously achieving high permittivity (epsilon(r)) and high breakdown electric field strength (E-b). To address this issue, we designed a series of four-layer poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based composite films comprising three functional layers: a sodium bismuth titanate (NBT) plus PVDF composite (NBT&PVDF) layer to achieve high epsilon(r) values and a pure PVDF layer and a boron nitride (BN) plus PVDF composite (BN&PVDF) layer to achieve high E-b values. This design synergistically enhanced the epsilon(r) and E-b values of the composite films by exploiting low-loss macrointerface polarization via adjustment of the functional layer stacking order, as supported by simulation analyses. Ultimately, the composite film with a topmost layer of pure PVDF, followed by an NBT&PVDF layer, another pure PVDF layer, and a BN&PVDF layer achieved an enhanced U-e value of 26.42 J<middle dot>cm(-3) and excellent efficiency of 80.03% at an ultrahigh E-b value of 770 MV<middle dot>m(-1). This approach offers an innovative pathway for developing advanced energy storage composite dielectrics via macrointerface manipulation.