On the Charge Storage and Decay Mechanism in Silicon Dioxide Electrets

IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 691-697

  Olthuis, W ^a   Bergveld, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICA;

CHARGE DECAY; SILANE CHAINS; SILANOL GROUPS; SILICON DIOXIDE ELECTRETS;

ELECTRETS;

EID: 0026903185     PISSN: 00189367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/14.155784     Document Type: Article

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