Light weight high temperature polymer film capacitors with dielectric loss lower than polypropylene

Nanyan Zhang; Janet Ho; James Runt; Shihai Zhang

doi:10.1007/s10854-015-3152-7

Light weight high temperature polymer film capacitors with dielectric loss lower than polypropylene

Nanyan Zhang, Janet Ho, James Runt, Shihai Zhang

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The dielectric and high voltage performance of polymethylpentene (PMP) is investigated and compared with biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) for high power density and high temperature capacitor applications. PMP has a melting temperature that is around 60 °C higher than BOPP, while still maintaining low dielectric loss and high charge–discharge efficiency that are comparable to the latter. Furthermore, PMP is the lightest commercial thermoplastic polymer with density of 0.83 g/cm³, which is 8 % lower than BOPP (0.9 g/cm³). PMP is a promising semicrystalline dielectric material that may replace BOPP for high temperature pulsed power and power conditioning applications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	9396-9401
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Volume	26
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-3152-7
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Light weight high temperature polymer film capacitors with dielectric loss lower than polypropylene

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