Enhancement of the electrical stability of ZnO varistors by a novel immersion process

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2939-2945

  Meng, Lei ^a   Zheng, Liaoying ^a   Cheng, Lihong ^a   Zheng, Yao ^a   Li, Guorong ^a   Bernik, Slavko ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c Center of Excellence NAMASTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH NITRATES; COMPONENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DC ELECTRICAL; DEGRADATION TEST; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL STABILITY; IMMERSION PROCESS; IMMERSION SOLUTIONS; INTERGRANULAR; INTERGRANULAR PHASE; INTERGRANULAR REGION; NEAR-SURFACE; NON-LINEARITY; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN DESORPTION; ZNO VARISTORS;

BISMUTH; DESORPTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SINTERING; STABILITY; TEXTURES; ZINC OXIDE;

VARISTORS;

EID: 79960740405     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04453.x     Document Type: Article

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