Electric field-assisted sintering and hot pressing of semiconductive zinc oxide: A comparative study

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2344-2353

  Langer, Jochen ^a   Hoffmann, Michael J ^b   Guillon, Olivier ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DENSIFICATION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EX SITU; FIELD-ASSISTED SINTERING; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SAMPLE GEOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTIVE; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SUBMICROMETERS; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHODS; ZNO;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; HOT PRESSING; LEAD OXIDE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80051546782     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04396.x     Document Type: Article

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