A polymer dielectric film with chlorine (Cl)-containing polymer additives was fabricated to investigate the effect of additives on dielectric performance. Polychlorostyrene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was used as a polymer additive in the polymer film. At 0.1 V and 10 Hz, the polymer dielectric film with PVC had a dielectric constant of 23.6 with a dielectric loss of 0.04. This film exhibited a 73% increase in dielectric constant compared with the film without additives. The increment in the dielectric constant was attributed to the high polarisability of Cl atoms.Introduction: Recently, polymer-based dielectric films have attracted interest for potential uses in polymer electronics and displays owing to their simple fabrication process, high flexibility and so on [1-3]. However, polymer dielectric films usually have low dielectric constants compared with inorganic dielectric films. To overcome this, conductive and/or ceramic fillers have been incorporated in the polymer film, due to the interfacial polarisation between the fillers and the polymer matrix [2]. Chlorine (Cl), an element in column VII of the periodic table, was also used for this purpose due to its high electronegativity -the polar and polarisable carbon-chlorine (C-Cl) bonds in partial chlorination of reduced graphene oxide platelets can enhance the dielectric constant in the composite film [4]. In addition, Cl atoms and/or Cl-containing functional groups in inorganic materials, such as barium titanate powder, can increase the dielectric constant [5]. The appropriate amount of the Cl-containing polymer additive in a polymer dielectric film would be one of the key strategies to increase the dielectric constant.In this Letter, we present the effect of the Cl-containing polymer additive on dielectric performance in a polymer dielectric film. Cyanoethyl pullulan (CEP) as a high dielectric host material and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) (or polychlorostyrene (PCS)) as an additive polymer were used. The CEP polymer film with a PVC additive had a dielectric constant of 23.6 with a dielectric loss of 0.04 at 10 Hz, whereas that without additives had a dielectric constant of 13.6 with a dielectric loss of 0.03. Adding PVC in the polymer film resulted in a 73% increase in dielectric constant. This increment in the dielectric constant could be attributed to the polarisability of Cl atoms.