Effect of thermal annealing on electrical degradation characteristics of Sb-Bi-Mn-Co-added ZnO varistors

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 531-538

  Takada, Masayuki ^a   Yoshikado, Shinzo ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical degradation; Grain boundaries; Varistor; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANNEALED SAMPLES; ANNEALING CONDITION; ELECTRICAL DEGRADATION; GAUSS FUNCTION; NON-LINEARITY; OXIDE IONS; SPINEL PARTICLES; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TRIPLE POINTS; ZNO; ZNO VARISTORS;

ANNEALING; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEGRADATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; VARISTORS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 70350731318     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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