Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials

  • 제7권3호
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  • Pages.123-128
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  • 2006
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  • 1229-7607(pISSN)
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  • 2092-7592(eISSN)
한국전기전자재료학회 (The Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers)
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La2O3 Addition Influence on Electrical Characteristics of Pr6O11-based ZnO Varistors

  • Nahm, Choon-Woo (Department of Electrical Engineering, Dongeui University)
  • 발행 : 2006.06.01
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The microstructure and electrical properties of the varistors, which are composed of $ZnO-Pr_6O_{11}-CoO-Cr_2O_3-La_2O_3-based$ ceramics, were investigated for different $La_2O_3$ contents. The increase of $La_2O_3$ content led to more densified ceramics, whereas abruptly decreased the nonlinear properties by incorporating beyond 1.0 mol%. The highest nonlinearity was obtained from 0.5 mol% $La_2O_3$, with the nonlinear coefficient of 81.6 and the leakage current of $0.2{\mu}A$. The increase of sintering time and temperature greatly decreased the nonlinear properties. As the $La_2O_3$ content increased, the donor density increased from $0.64\times10^{18}/cm^3\;to\;16.89\times10^{18}/cm^3$ and the barrier height greatly decreased with increasing $La_2O_3$ content, reaching a maximum (1.47 eV) in 0.5 mol% $La_2O_3$.

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