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- Title
Preparation of doped ZnO nanopowders by refluxing method and applications in high voltage varistors.
- Authors
Zhao, Zhong-Yin; Wang, Mao-Hua; Zhang, Han-Ping
- Abstract
The doped ZnO nanopowders were successfully prepared via simple hydrolysis followed by refluxing route in alcohol medium. Several analytic techniques such as XRD, TEM and SEM were used to make characterizations of the as-synthesized samples. The influence of refluxing time on the morphology and average size of the products was investigated. Rod-like doped ZnO powders were easily prepared by refluxing for 5 h. With the elevation of the refluxing time to 20 h, nearly monodispersed sphere-like ZnO nanoparticles can be obtained and the diameter is about 30-50 nm. The results show that refluxing time plays an important role in the formation and oriented growth of ZnO nanocrystals. The powders were consolidated into dense varistors discs by compaction, sintering and evaluated for their electrical characteristics. The varistors can be produced possessing a nonlinear coefficient of ~56, a breakdown voltage of ~7.09 kV/cm.
- Subjects
ZINC oxide; HYDROLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR diodes; ELECTRIC potential; NANOCRYSTALS
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2015, Vol 26, Issue 11, p9081
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-015-3594-y