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Effects of Doped Pr6O11 on the Properties of ZnO-Bi2O3 System Varistors

ZHU Jian-Feng1,2, LUO Hong-Jie3, WANG Fen1   

  1. 1. Shaanxi University of Science \& Technology, Xianyang 712081, China;
    2. Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China;
    3. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • Received:2005-02-24 Revised:2005-06-02 Published:2006-03-20 Online:2006-03-20

Abstract: The ZnO-Bi2O3 system varistors were modified by doping with rare-earth oxide Pr6O11 and their electrical properties and microstructure were investigated. The results of experiment indicate that adding a small scale of Pr6O11 would increase the nonlinear coefficient greatly and decrease the leakage current with no change in threshold voltage. When the Pr6O11 content reaches to 7wt%, the threshold voltage increases by about 60%, whereas the leakage current and nonlinear coefficient are unchangable. The SEM and XRD analyses testify that Pr6O11 makes the microstructure of the materials more uniform and compact.

Key words: rare-earth oxide, varistors materials, electrical properties, microstructure

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