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Chain Topology Engineering in Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Crosslinking-Induced Nanodomain Refinement for Ultrahigh Energy Density under Extreme Conditions.

Created on 16 Sep 2025

Authors

Fuxing Zhai, Lixin Xu, Huijian Ye

Published in

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). Pages e10046. Sep 15, 2025. Epub Sep 15, 2025.

Abstract

The growing demand for high-performance capacitors in extreme environments drives the development of polymer dielectrics with high energy capability and thermal stability. Here, an amphiphilic block copolymer constructed via self-assembly-induced nanoscale microphase separation is presented, in which fluorinated polyimide (FPI) and flexible polyetheramine (PEA) segments form thermally entropy-driven domains. Density-of-state model reveals significant electronic heterogeneity of the resultant copolymer, in which FPI exhibits an energy gap of 3.49 eV while PEA demonstrates a wide gap of 7.31 eV, resulting in an interfacial offset of 5.28 eV that inherently restrains the migration of charge carriers. A trifunctional crosslinker with dual electron-withdrawing groups (─CF3/─O─) is introduced to refine the PEA phase domain that decreases to 13.7 nm from an initial long period of 19.2 nm. The crosslinking system achieves record-high energy densities of 11.07 J cm-3 (150 °C/700 MV m-1) and 6.45 J cm-3 (200 °C/600 MV m-1) with an efficiency of >90%, which is attributed to the diminished hopping distance of charge carriers under high-temperature electric field. The received copolymer film retains 1.56 J cm-3 and an efficiency of 94% with fluctuation of <5% after 105 charge-discharge cycles at 200 °C and 300 MV m-1. By synergizing amphiphilic energy-level engineering with entropy-driven phase refinement, this strategy establishes a robust material platform for a high-temperature capacitor, balancing ultrahigh energy storage and dielectric reliability.

PMID:
40953367
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 16 Sep 2025.

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