Nonlinear conduction in aromatic polyurea thin films and its influence on dielectric applications over a broad temperature range

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-33

  Wang, Yong ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Lin, Minren ^b   Lu, Sheng Guo ^b   Lin, Junhong ^b   Furman, Eugene ^b   Zhang, Q M ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Dielectric loss; Dielectric materials; High energy density polymer capacitors

Indexed keywords

BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; CONDUCTION; CONDUCTION LOSS; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; DIELECTRIC APPLICATION; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITY POLYMER CAPACITORS; HIGH FIELD; HIGH-FIELD CONDUCTION; KEY FACTORS; LOW FIELD; NON-LINEAR; NONLINEAR CONDUCTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYMER CAPACITORS; POLYMER DIELECTRICS; POLYUREAS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; POLYMER FILMS; THIN FILMS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77249095958     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5411998     Document Type: Article

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