The role of CeO2 in the high electric field ZnO varistors

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1671-1678

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

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceria; Electroceramics; High field; Microstructure; ZnO varistors

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; CURRENT-VOLTAGE PLOTS; ELECTROCERAMICS; GRAIN BOUNDARY INTERFACE; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH-FIELD; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; ZNO VARISTORS;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SIZE DETERMINATION; ZINC OXIDE;

VARISTORS;

EID: 33749584355     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.1671.1678     Document Type: Article

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