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Effect of pre-synthesized Zn–Sb−O phase on the electrical properties of ZnO–Bi2O3–MnO2 varistor

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ZnO–Bi2O3–MnO2 (ZBM)-based varistors were prepared by calcining ZnO and Sb2O3 into a novel additive at a certain temperature. The effects of Zn–Sb–O synthetic multiphase on the microstructure and electrical properties of ZBM-based varistors were investigated. The additive inhibited the growth of ZnO grains and increased the breakdown field voltage compared to the undoped samples. When 0.75 wt% of Zn–Sb–O synthetic polyphase was doped, the grain size of the samples was 11.72 μm. Meanwhile, the electrical properties of the samples were improved. In this study, a barrier height (φb) of 4.40 eV and a nonlinear coefficient (α) of 44 were obtained.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52072329), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (ZR2022ME094), the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures (KLIFMD202105), Graduate Innovation Foundation of Yantai University (GGIFYTU2326).

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    Shuai Ma

  3. The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, 200050, China

    Guorong Li

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YW: writing—original draft, writing—review and editing. TX: writing—review and editing. AZ: writing—review and editing. LD: writing—review and editing. RC: writing—review and editing. SM: writing—review and editing. GL: supervision, funding acquisition. ZX: project administration, funding acquisition.

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Wei, Y., Xu, T., Zhang, A. et al. Effect of pre-synthesized Zn–Sb−O phase on the electrical properties of ZnO–Bi2O3–MnO2 varistor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1650 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10987-6

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