Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2010, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (8): 811-814.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2010.00811

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Influences of Bi2O3-B2O3 Glass Doping on Properties of ZnO-Bi2O3-TiO2-based Varistors

WAN Shuai, LV Wen-Zhong   

  1. (Department of Electronic Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China)
  • Received:2009-12-10 Revised:2010-02-05 Published:2010-08-20 Online:2010-07-19

Abstract:

The influences of Bi2O3-B2O3 glass additives on the microstructure and nonlinear electrical properties of ZnO-Bi2O3-TiO2-based varistor were investigated. SEM images show that low melting Bi2O3-B2O3 glass can help to increase ZnO grain size and refine microstructure with uniform grain size distribution at 900℃ through liquid phase sintering mechanism, whereas the grain size decreases with increasing ZnO-B2O3 glass addition resulting from non-melting ZnO-B2O3 glass pining the ZnO grain boundaries. The varistor ceramics with 2wt% Bi2O3-B2O3 glass addition own best nonlinear electrical properties with voltage gradient E1mA=124.9V/mm, nonlinear coefficient α=46.2, leakage current density JL=0.2μA/cm2. For Bi2O3-B2O3 glass doped varistor, kinetic exponent nB and apparent activation energy QB are only 2.15 and 146.2kJ/mol which are much lower than that of ZnO-B2O3 glass doped varistor. The results reveal that Bi2O3-B2O3 glass doping is more effective in improving the microstructure and electrical properties of ZnO-Bi2O3-TiO2-based varistor than ZnO-B2O3 glass doping.

Key words: ZnO-B2O3 glass, Bi2O3-B2O3 glass, varistor, electrical properties, kinetic of grain growth

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