PREBREAKDOWN CONDUCTION IN ZNO VARISTORS

被引:11
作者
CASTRO, MS
NUNEZ, GM
RESASCO, DE
ALDAO, CM
机构
[1] Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET, Mar Del Plata
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D O I
10.1111/j.1151-2916.1992.tb04144.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
A model which quantitatively accounts for the important features of prebreakdown conduction in ZnO-based metal oxide varistors is presented. The prebreakdown current dependence with applied voltage and temperature enables us to extract several features for the grain boundary. Estimations have been made for the local electron concentration in polycrystalline ZnO near the grain boundary and for the grain boundary potential barrier height.
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页码:800 / 804
页数:5
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