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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2013.26.2.98

Effect of Re-oxidation on the Electrical Properties of Mutilayered PTC Thermistors  

Chun, Myoung-Pyo (Nano IT Materials Team, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.26, no.2, 2013 , pp. 98-103 More about this Journal
Abstract
The alumina substrates that Ni electrode was printed on and the multi-layered PTCR thermistors of which composition is $(Ba_{0.998}Ce_{0.002})TiO_3+0.001MnCO_3+0.05BN$ were fabricated by a thick film process, and the effect of re-oxidation temperature on their resistivities and resistance jumps were investigated, respectively. Ni electroded alumina substrate and the multi-layered PTC thermistor were sintered at $1150^{\circ}C$ for 2 h under $PO_2=10^{-6}$ Pa and then re-oxidized at $600{\sim}850^{\circ}C$ for 20 min. With increasing the re-oxidation temperature, the room temperature resistivity increased and the resistance jump ($LogR_{290}/R_{25}$) decreased, which seems to be related to the oxidation of Ni electrode. The small sized chip PTC thermistor such as 2012 and 3216 exhibits a nonlinear and rectifying behavior in I-V curve but the large sized chip PTC thermistor such as 4532 and 6532 shows a linear and ohmic behavior. Also, the small sized chip PTC thermistor such as 2012 and 3216 is more dependent on the re-oxidation temperature and easy to be oxidized in comparison with the large sized chip PTC thermistor such as 4532 and 6532. So, the re-oxidation conditions of chip PTC thermistor may be determined by considering the chip size.
Keywords
PTC thermistor; Chip; Re-oxidation; Ni electrode; Resistivity;
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