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Production of manganese-doped ZnO-based NTC thermistor via combustion reaction

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This study examines the effects of Mn2+ doping on the microstructure, morphology, and thermoresistive properties of the Znx-1MnxO system (x = 0.8, 0.15 mol), synthesized via a combustion reaction. After uniaxial pressing (191 MPa) and sintering (1373 K), the samples exhibited NTC thermistor characteristics without a second phase. The decrease in the energy gap to 2.9 eV (Mn08) and 2.69 eV (Mn15), along with average particle sizes of 8.79 µm and 2.91 µm, respectively. The parameters α, β, A, B, C, and SF highlight the influence of Mn2+ doping on the properties of these materials, with potential applications in NTC thermistor devices.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, 58059-900, Brazil

    Wictor Magnus Patrício Araújo de Lima, Iris Kemilly Duarte Vieira, Joélcio Lopes de Oliveira Júnior, Danniel Ferreira de Oliveira & Ramon Alves Torquato

  2. Postgraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, 58059-900, Brazil

    Wictor Magnus Patrício Araújo de Lima, Danniel Ferreira de Oliveira & Ramon Alves Torquato

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Wictor Magnus Patrício Araújo de Lima: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, validation, writing—original draft. Iris Kemilly Duarte Vieira: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, validation, writing—review & editing. Joélcio Lopes de Oliveira Júnior: conceptualization, methodology, validation, writing—review & editing. Danniel Ferreira de Oliveira: formal analysis, writing—review & editing. Ramon Alves Torquato: conceptualization, supervision, formal analysis, writing—review & Editing.

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de Lima, W.M.P.A., Vieira, I.K.D., de Oliveira Júnior, J.L. et al. Production of manganese-doped ZnO-based NTC thermistor via combustion reaction. MRS Communications (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-024-00542-7

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