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This paper introduces graphene\/transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) (MoSe2, MoS2, and WS2) heterojunctions as functional fillers to enhance the dielectric response and electric-field-induced voltage output of flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to evaluate the stability of the heterojunctions and interfacial electronic modulation, including binding behavior, charge redistribution, and Fermi level-referenced band structure\/total density of states (TDOS) characteristics. The calculations show that the graphene\/TMD interface is primarily controlled by van der Waals forces, exhibiting negative binding energy and significant interfacial charge rearrangement. Based on these theoretical results, graphene\/TMD heterojunction powders were synthesized and incorporated into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Structural characterization confirmed the presence of face-to-face interfacial contacts and consistent elemental co-localization within the heterojunction filler. Dielectric spectroscopy analysis revealed an overall improvement in the dielectric constant of the composite materials while maintaining a stable loss trend within the studied frequency range. More importantly, calibrated electric field induction tests (based on pure PDMS) showed a significant enhancement in the voltage response of all heterojunction composite materials, with the WS2-G\/PDMS system exhibiting the best performance, exhibiting an electric-field-induced voltage amplitude 7.607% higher than that of pure PDMS. This work establishes a microscopic-to-macroscopic correlation between interfacial electronic modulation and electric-field-sensitive dielectric properties, providing a feasible interface engineering strategy for high-performance flexible dielectric sensing materials.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nano16020128","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,19]],"date-time":"2026-01-19T08:23:56Z","timestamp":1768811036000},"page":"128","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Graphene\/Chalcogenide Heterojunctions for Enhanced Electric-Field-Sensitive Dielectric Performance: Combining DFT and Experimental Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Bo","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Electric Power Research Institute of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd., Kunming 650217, China"},{"name":"Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Digital Power Measurement, Control and Protection, Kunming 650217, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nanhui","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kunming Power Supply Bureau of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd., Kunming 650217, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuxing","family":"Lei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electric Power Research Institute of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd., Kunming 650217, China"},{"name":"Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Digital Power Measurement, Control and Protection, Kunming 650217, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mengmeng","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electric Power Research Institute of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd., Kunming 650217, China"},{"name":"Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Digital Power Measurement, Control and Protection, Kunming 650217, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9305-4029","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haitao","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Li, X., Gu, Y., Li, Z., He, Z., Yang, P., and Peng, C. 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