Formation mechanism of secondary phase in (La,Nb) codoped TiO2 ceramics varistor

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 1271-1283

  Yan, Jikang ^a,b   Gan, Guoyou ^a,b   Du, Jinghong ^a,b   Yi, Jianhong ^a,b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Codoped; Secondary phase; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891593966     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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