Varistor Properties of ZPCCT-based Ceramics

ZPCCT계 세라믹스의 바리스터 특성

The varistor properties of the ZPCCT-based ceramics, which are composed of Zn-Pr-Co-Cr-Tb oxides, were investigated with $Tb_4O_7$ content in the range of $0.0{\sim}1.0\;mol%$. As $Tb_4O_7$ content is increased, the ZPCCT-based ceramics exhibited very high densification based on increasing density in the range of $5.73{\sim}5.84\;g/cm^3$. The varitor voltage($V_{1mA}$) and nonlinear exponent($\alpha$) was increased in the range of 280.9 to 751.8 and 29.8 to 44.4 with increasing $Tb_4O_7$ content, respectively. In particular, the maximum $\alpha$ of 44.4 was obtained from 1.0 mol% $Tb_4O_7$ and the, minimum leakage current($I_{\ell}$) of $1.0\;{\mu}A$ was obtained from 0.5 mol% $Tb_4O_7$.