Combustion synthesis of doped nanocrystalline ZnO powders for varistors applications

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1905-1913

  Hembram, K ^a   Sivaprahasam, D ^a   Rao, T N ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Combustion synthesis; Electrical properties, ZnO; Grain boundaries; Varistors

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; COEFFICIENT OF NONLINEARITY; COMBUSTION METHOD; DOPED ZNO; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FINE GRAINS; GREEN DENSITIES; IV CHARACTERISTICS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; ONE STEP SYNTHESIS; SINTERABILITY; SIZE RANGES; TEM; XPS; XRD ANALYSIS; ZNO;

CALCINATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POWDERS; SINTERING; VARISTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS;

EID: 79956014782     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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