Conduction Current Characteristics and Carrier Mobility of Both Original and Corona-Resistant Polyimide Films

Abstract

The electric conduction current characteristics of both Dupont original and corona-resistant polyimide films (100 HN and 100 CR) before and after corona-aging eight hours under electric field of 10 kV/mm and 20 kV/mm were measured. The results show that the conduction current of 100 CR is about one order of magnitude larger than that of 100 HN. Based on the space charge aging theory, the electric degradation threshold obtained from the space charge limit current plot is 40 kV/mm for 100 CR and 35 kV/mm for 100 HN, and decreases with the increasing corona-aged field. By measuring the depolarization current of the two films at 170°C, it is observed that the decay of depolarization current of 100 CR is faster than that of 100 HN. Based on the depolarization current curve, the apparent carrier mobility and trap depth of 1.2×10−13 m2/Vs to 3×10−14 m2/Vs and 1.052 eV to 1.105 eV for 100 CR, 1.12×10−13 m2/Vs to 8×10−14 m2/Vs and 1.054 eV to 1.069 eV for 100 HN were, respectively, calculated during depolarizing.