High surface-charge stability of porous polytetrafluoroethylene electret films at room and elevated temperatures
- 20 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 32 (17) , L83-L85
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/32/17/102
Abstract
Porous polytetrafluoroethylene films were positively or negatively corona-charged at room or elevated temperatures and their charge-storage behaviour was investigated by means of isothermal surface-potential and thermally stimulated discharge-current measurements. In addition, electron micrographs of the sample morphology were taken and the influence of high humidities on the surface-charge decay was investigated. For comparison, nominally non-porous polytetrafluoroethylene films were studied in the same manner. It was found that porosity may lead to significantly enhanced surface-charge stability for both polarities if the relative humidity is not too high. Further investigations are under way in order to better understand this behaviour and to employ it for electret applications.Keywords
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