Charge injection and transporting of thin film electrets in vacuum

Author

Xishun, Xie ; Xiaoqin, Huang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

560

Abstract

Electrets formed by electron bombardment are charged in vacuum. When a thin film sample is bombarded by an electron beam, electrons accelerate in the high electric field and collide the surface of the film. These electrons inject into the sample deeply and transport in it. This article deals with the charge trapping, exciting and moving after the charging process. For the thin insulating material like polymer film, quantum tunnel current and breakdown can be neglected after it is bombarded. If the energy of injected electrons is large (more than 10 ⁴ ev), research shows that injected electrons can affect the conductivity of the film by exciting a large number of electron-hole pairs in it. The induced conductivity changes exponentially with the time

Keywords

charge injection; electrets; electric fields; electron beam effects; polymer films; charge exciting; charge injection; charge moving; charge trapping; charging process; electric field; electron beam; electron bombardment; electron-hole pairs; film conductivity; polymer film; quantum tunnel current; thin film electrets transportation; vacuum; Acceleration; Conducting materials; Conductivity; Electrets; Electron beams; Electron traps; Plastic insulation; Polymer films; Surface charging; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 2000. Proceedings. ISDEIV. XIXth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5791-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.2000.879050

Filename

879050