Dielectric response on the critical breakdown field in ZnO varistors

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4969-4974

  Li, Jianying ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Zhai, Dengyun ^a   Li, Shengtao ^a   Alim, M A ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMINES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTROCERAMIC PROCESSING; MICROSTRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; ZNO VARISTORS;

VARISTORS;

EID: 33846892555     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/23/011     Document Type: Article

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