Author(s)

Lev Mourokh^1,2,3, Carine Edder¹, Wolfgang Mack¹, Pavel Lazarev¹

¹Capacitor Sciences Inc., Menlo Park, USA.
²Department of Physics, Queens College of the City, University of New York, Flushing, USA.
³The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NY, USA.

We map the requirements and design rules for dielectric materials that target large scale energy storage applications of electrostatic capacitors. The molecular unit (dielectrophore) must contain three main components: a polarizable subunit having large electric dipole, an isolating subunit which prevents current leakage, and a structural element that promotes self-assembly of molecules in solution and in mesophase and promotes crystallization in the process of film formation. This structural subunit is necessary for high molecular density and enhanced resistivity of film. The process engineering steps required for the supramolecular assembly and crystal film formation (cascade crystallization) are addressed.

Capacitor, Molecular Dielectrics, Molecular Design, Polarization, Induced Electric Dipole

Mourokh, L. , Edder, C. , Mack, W. and Lazarev, P. (2018) Molecular Materials for Energy Storage. Materials Sciences and Applications, 9, 517-525. doi: 10.4236/msa.2018.96036.