Repurposing Poly(3-hexylthiophene) as a Conductivity-Reducing Additive for Polyethylene-Based High-Voltage Insulation
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is found to be a highly effective conductivity-reducing additive for low-density polyethylene (LDPE), which introduces a new application area to the field of conjugated polymers. Additives that reduce the direct-current (DC) electrical conductivity of an insulation material at high electric fields have gained a lot of research interest because they may facilitate the design of more efficient high-voltage direct-current power cables. An ultralow concentration of regio-regular P3HT of 0.0005 wt% is found to reduce the DC conductivity of LDPE threefold, which translates into the highest efficiency reported for any conductivity-reducing additive to date. The here-established approach, i.e., the use of a conjugated polymer as a mere additive, may boost demand in absolute terms beyond the quantities needed for thin-film electronics, which would turn organic semiconductors from a niche product into commodity chemicals.

poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)

conjugated polymers

electrical conductivity reducing additives

low-density polyethylene (LDPE)

high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) insulation

Författare

Amir Masoud Pourrahimi

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Sarath Kumara

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Fabrizio Palmieri

Universita di Bologna

Liyang Yu

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Anja Lund

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Thomas Hammarström

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Per-Ola Hagstrand

Borealis GmbH

Ivan G. Scheblykin

Lunds universitet

Davide Fabiani

Universita di Bologna

Xiangdong Xu

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Christian Müller

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Advanced Materials

0935-9648 (ISSN) 15214095 (eISSN)

Vol. 33 27 2100714

Ämneskategorier

Polymerkemi

Textil-, gummi- och polymermaterial

Materialkemi

Styrkeområden

Energi

DOI

10.1002/adma.202100714

PubMed

34048610

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