Effect of temperature treatment on the optical characterization of ZnO-Bi2O3-TiO2 varistor ceramics

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1388-1394

  Sabri, M G M ^a   Azmi, B Z ^a   Rizwan, Zahid ^b   Halimah, M K ^a   Hashim, M ^a   Zaid, M H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bi2O3; Optical band gap; TiO2; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957947957     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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