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

Organic polymersPolymer have been widely used as matrices in composite materials for electrical power equipment because of their reliability, ease of fabrication, availability, and low cost. Nevertheless, they have comparatively poor electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties compared to metals and ceramics. Most of the polymerPolymer systems, such as copolymersPolymer, modified polymersPolymer, homopolymers, and blended polymersPolymer, are considered to have limitations in delivering the demands of the aforementioned applicationsApplications. This challenge can be efficiently addressed by blending the polymersPolymer with inorganic particles such as metal chalcogenides, nanoclays, silica, transition metal oxidesTransition Metal Oxide, nanometals, and metallic phosphates. NanodielectricsNanodielectrics, the dielectricsDielectrics made of nanocompositesNanocomposites, can be prepared by combining inorganic polymerInorganic polymers matrices with nanoscale fillersFiller. Inorganic polymerInorganic polymers nanodielectricsPolymer nanodielectrics thus formed show significant improvements in their physical and chemical properties. The properties and applicationsApplications of inorganic polymerInorganic polymers nanodielectricsPolymer nanodielectrics are discussed in this chapter. Advanced properties of inorganic polymerInorganic polymers nanodielectricsPolymer nanodielectrics are related to their intermolecular interactions, chain flexibility, stability, crosslinking, tactility, dielectricDielectrics constant, thermal property, processability, texture structure, flexibility, etc. This chapter also summarizes current and future scope of research in inorganic polymerInorganic polymers nanodielectricsPolymer nanodielectrics for applicationsApplications such as partial discharge (PD) resistance, electric energy storageEnergy storage, and space charge suppressionSpace charge suppression.