Photostimulated discharge in electret polymers: An alternative approach for investigating deep traps

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-226

  Mellinger, Axel ^a   González, Francisco Camacho ^a   Gerhard Multhaupt, Reimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electret polymers; Photostimulated discharge; Piezoelectric coefficient; Piezoelectric resonances; Piezoelectricity; Polyethylene terephthalate; Polypropylene; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Thickness extension resonance; UV spectroscopy; Voided polymer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON TRAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CELLULAR POLYMER; CORONA CHARGING; ELECTRET POLYMERS; PHOTOSTIMULATED DISCHARGE; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOELECTRIC RESONANCES; POROUS POLYMER; SPACE-CHARGE ELECTRET; THICKNESS EXTENSION RESONANCE; VOIDED POLYMER;

ELECTRETS;

EID: 2342531230     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1285890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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