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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
chemistry
Correlation between sintering temperature and properties of ZnO ceramic varistors
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Volume 73, No. 3, Year 2012
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The effect of sintering temperature on ZnO varistor properties is investigated in the range of 7001400 °C. The increase of sintering temperature does not influence the well-known peaks related to hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO ceramics, whereas the average grain size is increased from (1.08 to 2.1 μm). With increasing sintering temperature up to 1200 °C, the nonlinear region is clearly observed in the IV characteristics, whereas this region is completely absent only for the sample sintered at 1400 °C. As the sintering temperature increased, the breakdown field decreased over a wide range from 2838.7 to 6.41 V/cm, while the nonlinear coefficient is increased in the range of (23.8647.76). Furthermore, the barrier height decreased from 1.76 to 0.974 eV, whereas electrical conductivity is improved. On the other hand, the optical band gap is gradually decreased in the range of 3.082.70 eV with increasing sintering temperature. These results showed a strong correlation between sintering temperature and the properties of ZnO ceramic varistor. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sedky, Ahmed
Saudi Arabia, Al-ahsa
King Faisal University
Egypt, Asyut
Faculty of Science
El-Brolossy, T. A.
Saudi Arabia, Al-ahsa
King Faisal University
Egypt, Cairo
College of Science
Mohamed, S. B.
Saudi Arabia, Al-ahsa
King Faisal University
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Citations: 43
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
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Doi:
10.1016/j.jpcs.2011.11.035
ISSN:
00223697