Synergistic Interface Effects in Composite Dielectrics: Insights into Charge Trapping Regulation through Multiscale Modeling

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Auteurs principaux: Zhao, Haoxiang, An, Lixuan, Zhang, Daning, Yang, Xiong, Yao, Huanmin, Zhang, Guanjun, Mu, Haibao, Baumeier, Björn
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author Zhao, Haoxiang
An, Lixuan
Zhang, Daning
Yang, Xiong
Yao, Huanmin
Zhang, Guanjun
Mu, Haibao
Baumeier, Björn
author_facet Zhao, Haoxiang
An, Lixuan
Zhang, Daning
Yang, Xiong
Yao, Huanmin
Zhang, Guanjun
Mu, Haibao
Baumeier, Björn
contents The rapid development of modern energy applications drives an urgent need to enhance the dielectric strength of energy storage dielectrics for higher power density. Interface design is a promising strategy to regulate the crucial charge transport process determining dielectric strength. However, the targeted exploitation of interface effects on charge transport is limited due to a lack of fundamental understanding of the underlying mechanisms involving elementary electronic processes and details of the intricate interplay of characteristics of molecular building blocks and the interfacial morphology -- details that cannot fully be resolved with experimental methods. Here we employ a multiscale modeling approach linking the quantum properties of the charge carriers with nano- and mesoscale structural details of complex interfaces. Applied to a prototypical application-proven cellulose-oil composite with interfaces formed between oil, disordered, and crystalline cellulose regions, this approach demonstrates that charges are trapped in the disordered region. Specifically, it unveils this trapping as a synergistic effect of two transport-regulating interface mechanisms: back-transfer to the oil region is suppressed by energetic factors, while forward-transfer to the crystalline cellulose is suppressed by low electronic coupling. The insight into the molecular origins of interface effects via dual-interface regulation offers new development paths for advanced energy materials.
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spellingShingle Synergistic Interface Effects in Composite Dielectrics: Insights into Charge Trapping Regulation through Multiscale Modeling
Zhao, Haoxiang
An, Lixuan
Zhang, Daning
Yang, Xiong
Yao, Huanmin
Zhang, Guanjun
Mu, Haibao
Baumeier, Björn
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
The rapid development of modern energy applications drives an urgent need to enhance the dielectric strength of energy storage dielectrics for higher power density. Interface design is a promising strategy to regulate the crucial charge transport process determining dielectric strength. However, the targeted exploitation of interface effects on charge transport is limited due to a lack of fundamental understanding of the underlying mechanisms involving elementary electronic processes and details of the intricate interplay of characteristics of molecular building blocks and the interfacial morphology -- details that cannot fully be resolved with experimental methods. Here we employ a multiscale modeling approach linking the quantum properties of the charge carriers with nano- and mesoscale structural details of complex interfaces. Applied to a prototypical application-proven cellulose-oil composite with interfaces formed between oil, disordered, and crystalline cellulose regions, this approach demonstrates that charges are trapped in the disordered region. Specifically, it unveils this trapping as a synergistic effect of two transport-regulating interface mechanisms: back-transfer to the oil region is suppressed by energetic factors, while forward-transfer to the crystalline cellulose is suppressed by low electronic coupling. The insight into the molecular origins of interface effects via dual-interface regulation offers new development paths for advanced energy materials.
title Synergistic Interface Effects in Composite Dielectrics: Insights into Charge Trapping Regulation through Multiscale Modeling
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.01541