Characterization of new negative temperature coefficient thermistors based on Zn–Ni–O system

Xiang SUN; Hong ZHANG; Ya LIU; Jia GUO; Zhicheng LI

doi:10.1007/s40145-016-0206-0

Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2016, 5(4): 329-336 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-016-0206-0

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Characterization of new negative temperature coefficient thermistors based on Zn–Ni–O system

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Xiang SUN^{^a}, Hong ZHANG^{^a^,^b}, Ya LIU^{^a}, Jia GUO^{^a}, Zhicheng LI^{^a^,^b}(

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^a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

^b State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

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microstructure, electrical properties, Zn_1-xNi_xO, thermistors, conduction mechanism

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SUN X, ZHANG H, LIU Y, et al. Characterization of new negative temperature coefficient thermistors based on Zn–Ni–O system. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2016, 5(4): 329-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-016-0206-0

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Y₂O₃-doped Zn_1-xNi_xO (x = 0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, and 0.9) powders were prepared by a wet chemical synthesis method, and the related ceramics were obtained by the traditional ceramic sintering technology. The phases and related electrical properties of the ceramics were investigated. The analysis of X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicates that the prepared ceramics with Ni substitution have a cubic crystalline structure. The resistance–temperature feature indicates that all the ceramics show a typical effect of negative temperature coefficient (NTC) of resistivity with the thermal constants between 3998 and 5464 K, and have high cyclical stability in a temperature range from 25 to 300 ℃. The impedance analysis reveals that both grain effect and grain boundary effect contribute collectively to the NTC effect. The electron hopping and band conduction models are proposed for the grain (bulk) conduction, and the thermally activated charge carrier transport overcoming the energy barrier is suggested for the grain boundary conduction.

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Characterization of new negative temperature coefficient thermistors based on Zn–Ni–O system

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Xiang SUN^{^a}, Hong ZHANG^{^a^,^b}, Ya LIU^{^a}, Jia GUO^{^a}, Zhicheng LI^{^a^,^b}(

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^a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

^b State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

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Keywords: microstructure, electrical properties, Zn_1-xNi_xO, thermistors, conduction mechanism

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Received: 07 July 2016

Revised: 02 August 2016

Accepted: 25 August 2016

Published: 23 December 2016

Issue date: December 2016

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The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51172287) and the Laboratory Research Fund by the State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, China.

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