Yankun Huo , Hongjie Wang , Yajiao He , Wenyuan Liu , Changfeng Ke , Jun Cheng
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Abstract
Weak surface insulation performance of the vacuum insulators is a bottleneck problem of the large pulsed power devices. Recent studies have found that molecular group containing delocalized electrons is able to decrease the secondary electron emission yield (SEY) and increase the surface insulation performance of the vacuum insulators. Therefore, in this paper, a kind of copolymer coating consisting of dopamine and aniline is designed and in situ synthesized on the surface of alumina insulators to introduce delocalized electrons so as to improve the surface insulation performance. Influence of the different dopamine-aniline molar ratios of the copolymer coating on the SEY and surface insulation performance is studied. The results show that the copolymer coating with molar ratios of 1:1 can endow alumina insulators the lowest SEY and highest surface insulation performance than other molar ratios steadily. Further synthesizing the copolymer with dopamine-aniline molar ratios of 1:1 on the surface of several polymer insulators can also improve the surface insulation performance, which demonstrate the wide applicability of the electron-delocalized copolymer coating in improving the surface insulation performance.
期刊介绍:
Applied Surface Science covers topics contributing to a better understanding of surfaces, interfaces, nanostructures and their applications. The journal is concerned with scientific research on the atomic and molecular level of material properties determined with specific surface analytical techniques and/or computational methods, as well as the processing of such structures.