Modification of H2-sensitive breakdown voltages of SnO2 varistors with noble metals

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 38-44

  Shimizu, Yasuhiro ^a   Kanazawa, Eiichi ^a   Takao, Yuji ^a   Egashira, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double Schottky barrier; Noble metal sensitizer; Nonlinear I V characteristics; SnO2; Varistor

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GOLD; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS;

NOBLE METAL SENSITIZER; TIN OXIDE;

VARISTORS;

EID: 0032157556     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(98)00253-6     Document Type: Article

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