The influence of CeO2 on the microstructure and electrical behaviour of ZnO-Bi2O3 based varistors

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 804-812

  Lei, Ming ^a   Li, Shengtao ^a   Jiao, Xiaodong ^a   Li, Jianying ^a   Alim, Mohammad A ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COOLING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; VARISTORS;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 1642634511     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/5/024     Document Type: Article

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