Semicrystalline structure-dielectric property relationship and electrical conduction in a biaxially oriented poly(vinylidene fluoride) film under high electric fields and high temperatures

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 19894-19905

  Yang, Lianyun ^a   Ho, Janet ^b   Allahyarov, Elshad ^a,c,d   Mu, Richard ^e   Zhu, Lei ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dielectric constant; electronic conduction; ionic polarization; poly(vinylidene fluoride); space charge injection; thermally stimulated depolarization current

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTRODES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES;

BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE FILM; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTION; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTION MECHANISM; IONIC POLARIZATION; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENTS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84941670354     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02944     Document Type: Article

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