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Varistor Properties of (Nb,Ba)-Doped TiO2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

M. F. Yan  and
W. W. Rhodes
M. F. Yan
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
W. W. Rhodes
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
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Abstract

A new varistor based on TiO2 ceramic was developed. TiO2 ceramics with the dopant ranges of 0 < Nb < 2% and 0 < Ba < 2% were prepared and their electrical properties were measured. In these dopant ranges, several compositions were discovered to have useful varistor properties with a voltagecurrent nonlinearity index of α > 3. It was found that Ba dopant which segregates at grain boundaries and an oxidizing atmosphere during cooling are necessary to produce varistor properties in (Nb,Ba)-doped TiO2. Nb was introduced to decrease the TiO2 lattice resistivity to a range useful for device applications. Resistivity data were measured as functions of dopant composition and sintering atmospheres. Data were analyzed in terms of the defect structure in TiO2.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 5: Symposium B – Grain Boundaries in Semiconductors , 1981 , 357
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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