Study of Current-Voltage Characteristics of Electroactive Polymers Placed in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Conditions

Abstract:

The article proposes a method of studying the localized states (“traps”) in the band gap of dielectrics. The method combines both the method of current-voltage characteristics and the method of thermally stimulated currentIt is intended to use the method for analyzing the materials, in which trapping states are quasi-continuously distributed. The article gives an example of using the method for studying of the advanced polymer material - polydiphenylenephthalide. It presents calculation of values of the activation energies and the depth of the traps. The results are compared with the data obtained by traditional methods.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 845)
• Pages: 219-223
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.845.219
• Online since: March 2016
• Authors: Alexander Vorobjev*, Aleksandr Ponomarev, Aleksei N. Lachinov
• Keywords: Current Spectroscopy, Current Voltage Characteristics, Dielectrics, Localized States, Polydiphenylenephthalide, Polymers

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