The barrier effect in dielectrics: The role of interfaces in the breakdown of inhomogeneous dielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 537-555

  Lebedev, Serguei M ^a   Gefle, Olga S ^a   Pokholkov, Yuri P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barrier effect; Breakdown; Breakdown channel; Field distribution; Permittivity; Polarization; Space charge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRODES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION;

BARRIER EFFECTS; BREAKDOWN CHANNEL; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; PERMITTIVITY DISPERSIONS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 22744454953     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1453459     Document Type: Review

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