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Experimental demonstration of deep traps in silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites by combined isothermal surface potential decay and pulsed electro-acoustic measurements

Experimental demonstration of deep traps in silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites by combined isothermal surface potential decay and pulsed electro-acoustic measurements
Experimental demonstration of deep traps in silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites by combined isothermal surface potential decay and pulsed electro-acoustic measurements
The ability to suppress space charge accumulation at high electric fields makes nanocomposites attract significant research interest as potential insulation materials in high-voltage direct current cable development. At present, the deep trap introduced by nanoparticles is frequently applied to be responsible for the observed space charge suppression in nanocomposites. However, the experimental results that support deep-trap formation have not been rigorously examined. We therefore propose herein a simple and more direct approach based on isothermal surface potential decay combined with pulsed electro-acoustic measurements to verify the presence of deep traps in silica-based blend polyethylene nanocomposites. The results indicate that the deep traps are indeed introduced by filling nanosilica and the space charge suppression observed in the nanocomposite with a low loading ratio is caused by deeply trapped charges in the sub-surface region of specimens.
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Wang, Yan
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Hao, Miao
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Qiang, Dayuan
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Chen, George
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Qiang, Dayuan
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Chen, George
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Wang, Yan, Hao, Miao, Xu, Zhiqiang, Qiang, Dayuan, Chen, George and Vaughan, Alun (2018) Experimental demonstration of deep traps in silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites by combined isothermal surface potential decay and pulsed electro-acoustic measurements. Applied Physics Letters, 113, [022904]. (doi:10.1063/1.5025633).

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Abstract

The ability to suppress space charge accumulation at high electric fields makes nanocomposites attract significant research interest as potential insulation materials in high-voltage direct current cable development. At present, the deep trap introduced by nanoparticles is frequently applied to be responsible for the observed space charge suppression in nanocomposites. However, the experimental results that support deep-trap formation have not been rigorously examined. We therefore propose herein a simple and more direct approach based on isothermal surface potential decay combined with pulsed electro-acoustic measurements to verify the presence of deep traps in silica-based blend polyethylene nanocomposites. The results indicate that the deep traps are indeed introduced by filling nanosilica and the space charge suppression observed in the nanocomposite with a low loading ratio is caused by deeply trapped charges in the sub-surface region of specimens.

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Accepted/In Press date: 14 June 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 July 2018
Published date: 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 422873
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422873
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: f1b4ec8f-8305-4137-a59c-cb58faab3f2c
ORCID for Zhiqiang Xu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-7335
ORCID for Alun Vaughan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-513X

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Date deposited: 07 Aug 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:57

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Author: Yan Wang
Author: Miao Hao
Author: Zhiqiang Xu ORCID iD
Author: Dayuan Qiang
Author: George Chen
Author: Alun Vaughan ORCID iD

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