High Energy Density Film Capacitors (PREPRINT)

Abstract

A series of high dielectric constant polymers have been developed with K from 10 to over 50. The high-K polymers have high dielectric breakdown strength above 700 V/micron and high energy density up to 27 J/cc in lab-scale small sample test. The capacitor film was produced by using melt-extrusion and biaxial orientation process and film thickness from 2 micron to 10 micron has been achieved. Metallized prototype capacitors show promising performance with energy density above 3 J/cc. Future development will target at 10 J/cc energy density in the packaged capacitors. Potential applications include pulsed power capacitors for medical defibrillators, high-power X-Ray/laser system, and direct energy weapon systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA522069

Entities

People

  • Brian Zellers
  • Chen Zou
  • Dean Anderson
  • Jim Henrish
  • Qiming Zhang
  • Shawn Rockey
  • Shihai Zhang

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Capacitors
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Dielectrics
  • Electric Power
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Extrusion
  • Fluoropolymers
  • High Energy
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Polymeric Films
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Thick Films

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy