The Effect of Aluminum on Electrical Properties of ZnO Varistors

被引:55
作者
Long, Wangcheng [1 ]
Hu, Jun [1 ]
Liu, Jun [1 ]
He, Jinliang [1 ]
Zong, Rong [1 ]
机构
[1] Tsinghua Univ, State Key Lab Power Syst, Dept Elect Engn, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
关键词
ZINC-OXIDE VARISTORS; NONLINEARITY; IMPROVEMENT; CERAMICS; DONOR; AL2O3; GRAIN;
D O I
10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03787.x
中图分类号
TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
This paper focuses on the effect of aluminum additive on electrical properties of ZnO varistors. From the normalized current density versus electric field (J-E) curves, the influence of Al ionic additive on the leakage current and the residual voltage ratio of the sample is very intuitive. The barrier height of the grain boundary decreases with an increase in the Al dopant, but the donor density increases first and then decreases, which reaches the maximum while Al ionic 0.25% is added. The residual voltage ratio changes with the unevenness of ZnO grain sizes. Furthermore, the influence factors of the residual voltage ratio are analyzed.
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页码:2441 / 2444
页数:4
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