Introduction to electrets: Principles, equations, experimental

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Introduction to electrets: Principles, equations, experimental
Introduction to electrets:
Principles, equations, experimental techniques
Gerhard M. Sessler
Darmstadt University of Technology
Institute for Telecommunications
Merckstrasse 25, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
[email protected]
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Principles
Overview
Charges
Materials
Electret classes
Equations
Fields
Forces
Currents
Charge transport
Experimental techniques
Charging
Surface potential
Thermally-stimulated discharge
Dielectric measurements
Charge distribution (surface)
Charge distribution (volume)
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Electret charges
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Energy diagram and density of
states for a polymer
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Electret materials
Polymers
Anorganic materials
Fluoropolymers (PTFE, FEP)
Polyethylene (HDPE, LDPE, XLPE)
Polypropylene (PP)
Polyethylene terephtalate (PET)
Polyimid (PI)
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
Polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF)
Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)
•
•
Silicon oxide (SiO2)
Silicon nitride (Si3N4)
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3)
Glas (SiO2 + Na, S, Se, B, ...)
Photorefractive materials
•
•
•
Cellular and porous polymers
Cellular PP
Porous PTFE
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Charged or polarized dielectrics
Category
Materials
Charge or polarization
electrets
External electric
FEP, SiO 2
NLO
/
materials
,
0.1 - 1
+
+
+
+
+
materials
field and force
Electrooptic
0.1 - 10
Ferroelectric
,
Applications
Density
[mC/m2 ]
Geometry
Real-charge
Properties
10 - 100
and NLO effects
Piezo- and
pyroelectricity
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Overview
Principles
Charges
Materials
Electret classes
Equations
Fields
Forces
Currents
Charge transport
Experimental techniques
Charging
Surface potential
Thermally-stimulated discharge
Charge distribution (surface)
Charge distribution (volume)
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Equations 1:
Fields of an electret
Surface charges only:
Volume charges only:
σ = σr + ∆PP
ρ (x) = ρr (x) + ρP (x)
x
d2
E2
σ
d1
E1
ρ (x)
E1 = −
E2 =
σ d2
ε 0 (ε d 2 + d1 )
σ d1
ε 0 (ε d 2 + d1 )
d
1 1
σˆ = ∫ xρ ( x )dx
d1 0
(1)
External field E2 from
Eq. (2) with σ = σˆ
(2)
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Equations 2:
Force of an electret on an electrode
E2
E1
1
2
F = ε 0 E2
2
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Equations 3:
Currents in an electret
E(x,t)
Pp(x,t) ic(x,t)
Current density
i (t ) =
∂ (ε 0ε E + Pp )
∂t
+ ic
ic = ( µ+ ρ + + µ− ρ − ) E
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Equations 4: Charge transport equations
e-
Current Equation:
∂E ( x, t )
ε
+ µρf ( x, t ) ⋅ E ( x, t ) + I ( x ) = I 0 (1)
∂t
Poisson Equation:
∂E ( x, t )
ε
= ρf ( x, t ) + ρ t ( x, t )
∂t
I0
I(x)
(2)
CB
Poisson Equation:
∂ρ t ( x, t ) ρ f ( x, t )  ρ t ( x, t ) 
=
⋅ 1 −

∂t
τ
ρ
m


(3)
ρf / τ
ρf
ρt
Trap level
Parameters of Model:
I(x) : current
τ : free-carrier lifetime
µ : free-carrier mobility
ρm : trap density
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Measured and calculated location of charge
peak in electron-beam charged FEP
(Sessler 2004)
Peak Location (µm)
12
10
8
6
1
10
100
1000
2
Injected Charge Density ( nC/cm )
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Overview
Principles
Charges
Materials
Electret classes
Equations
Fields
Forces
Currents
Charge transport
Experimental techniques
Charging
Surface potential
Thermally-stimulated discharge
Dielectric measurements
Charge distribution (surface)
Charge distribution (volume)
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Charging methods
ELECTRON
BEAM
CORONA
THERMAL
(Vacuum)
~10kV
e- (2-40 keV)
Heating
chamber
~200V
+++++++
++++++++
--------
+
++++ ++++
- - - --------
volume or
surface charges
and polarization
surface and
volume charges
and/or polarization
+
+
-------surface charge
(and polarization)
+
+
+
+
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Surface potential measurement
Surface potential of PP
500
Movable sample holder
400
Surface potential [V]
Electret film
Electrostatic
voltmeter
90°C
300
200
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
100
0
0
400
800
1200
Annealing time [min]
• Determination of charge stability of different electret materials by
isothermal discharging at elevated temperatures
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1600
Thermally-stimulated discharge (TSD)
Heating
chamber
Heizkammer
I
+ + +
--------
I
+++++
T, t
Linear temperature increase
Separation of surface and volume traps
Activation energies
Trap densities
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current i
Measurement of activation energy A:
Initial-rise-method
ln i
temperature T
1/T
d (ln i )
A
=−
d (1 / T )
k
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TSD for electron beam charged FEP
(v. Seggern 1981)
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Overview
Principles
Charges
Materials
Electret classes
Equations
Fields
Forces
Currents
Charge transport
Experimental techniques
Charging
Surface potential
Thermally stimulated discharge
Charge distribution (surface)
Charge distribution (volume)
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Kelvin probe force microscope (KFM)
(Jacobs et al 1997)
Measures lateral potential distribution
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KFM images of charge distribution on PMMA
(Jacobs et al 2001)
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Thermal pulse method
(Collins 1975)
r V ( t2 )
=
d V (t1 )
V
V(t2)
V(t)
V(t1)
t1
t2 t
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Thermal wave method
(Bauer 1996)
Measures charge distribution close to surface
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Laser-Induced Pressure Pulse
(LIPP) method
hν
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
ρ(x) +
P(x) +
e(x) + +
+
+
I(t)
electrode
charges
t,x
I(t)
charges in dielectric
I(t)
- de , x=ct
(γ+1) (ρ- dP
)
dx
dx
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Charge distribution in e-beam irradiated FEP
(Sessler et al 1983)
20 keV
5 ns/DIV
( = 6.5 µm/DIV
30 keV
5 ns/DIV
( = 6.5 µm/DIV
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Evolution of charge distribution in LDPE
measured with Pulsed ElectroAcoustic (PEA) method
(Hozumi et al 1998)
LDPE
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CV-method for measuring charge centroid location
Measures location of charge centroid and total charge
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Charge drift in double layers of SiO2 (300 nm)
and Si3N4 (150 nm)
(Zhang et al 2002)
1
normalized units
400°C
0,8
0,6
0,4
surface potential
mean charge depth
integrated charge density
0,2
0
0
200
400
600
annealing time [min]
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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) method
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SEM pictures of cross section of
charged cellular PP
(Hillenbrand et al 2000)
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Summary:
New aspects of electret research
Electret materials
NLO materials
Cellular polymers
Tailored polymers
Silicon materials
Theoretical approaches
Charge transport models with
dispersive transport
generation-recombination models
radiation effects
Experimental methods
Pressure pulse and thermal methods
Atomic force microscopy
Scanning electron microscopy
CV-method
Dielectric method
Better understanding of
Charging and charge transport in irradiated polymers,
cellular polymers, etc.
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