zno-bi2o3基压敏电阻低温烧结及掺杂改性分析-analysis of low temperature sintering and doping modification of zno - bi2o3 based varistors.docx

ABSTRACTZnO-Bi2O3 based varistors have been widely used as surge protection devices in electrical and electronic systems due to their highly nonlinear current-voltage (I-U) characteristics, which are also the most widely studied systems of varistors. With the development of the technology of electronics, multilayer chip varistors have been used more and more widely. In order to reduce the manufacturing cost of multilayer devices, it is important to research the ZnO varistor materials having low sintering temperatures and excellent electrical properties. In this paper, a low melting point sintering additive was doped to reduce the sintering temperatures and the effects of several elements on the ZnO varistors were investigated. The main contents are as follows:The effects of low melting point additive B2O3 on the sintering temperatures and nonlinear electrical properties of ZnO-Bi2O3 based varistors were investigated. The results show that B2O3 could reduce the sintering temperature of the varistor ceramics to 850oC. B2O3 could react with Bi2O3 to form a new secondary phase, Bi4B2O9, resulting in an enhancement of varistor performance. The nonlinear coefficient of the varistors with 0.5 mol% B2O3 reached 56.8, the leakage current was 0.3 μA and the breakdown voltage field was 486 V/mm.The effects of different Co valence on the ZnO varistor samples sintered were investigated separately. The results show that all these cobalt oxides could effectively enhance the varistor performance, while the addition of same amount of cobalt cations in various cobalt oxides had different effects on varistor samples. Among them, the effect of cobalt cations in Co3O4 was the best. Analysis of microstructures indicated that the cobalt cations were distributed both in grain regions and grain boundary regions. The addition of cobalt oxides could change the electrical conductivities of both grains and grain boundaries, improving the varistor performance. It should be noted that the breakdo