Mohd sabri bin mohd ghazali universiti putra malaysia. Nonlinear iv characteristics of a zinc oxide varistor 10 2. Electron holography study of active interfaces in zinc oxide varistor materials. The effects of zinc oxide microstructure on the electrical characteristics of lowvoltage ceramic varistors kesan mikrostruktur zink oksida terhadap ciriciri elektrik varistor seramik voltan rendah by shahrom mahmud thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science january 2004. Sintering of nanocrystalline multicomponent zinc oxide. Novel znobased ternary oxides for optoelectronic applications. Requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Synthesis of zno based nanopowders via a nonhydrolytic. Zno semiconductor ceramics inner electrode palladium sn plating ni plating ag termination. Varistor ceramics are composed of a large number of zno grains of different shape, size and orientation.
Sw molecular orbital calculations using simplified cluster models. Electric characteristics of znovaristors sintered at low. The polycrystalline filler particles act as varistors due to their typical grainboundary structure. Comparative study of metal oxide varistors movs for. Declaration of authorship i, pitshou bokoro, declare that this thesis titled, degradation analysis of metal. Stability of zinc oxide varistors a thesis submitted to the university of manchester for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the faculty of engineering and physical. Manufacturing of zinc oxide varistors zinc oxide varistors are ceramic. Olsson, interfacial microstructure in zno varistor materials, ph.
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the. The properties of zno varistors are a result of their crystalline microstructure. Zinc oxide varistors are strongly nonlinear resistors that have been used to regulate transient voltage surges of unwanted magnitude for high voltage and powerrelated applications, such as surge arresters in power transmission and distribution for the protection of electronic devices. School of mechanical and manufacturing engineering dublin city university.
This thesis has never previously been submitted for a degree or any other quali cation at. Within the useful varistor voltage range, the voltagecurrent relationship is approximated by the expression. In this study, in order to explore the failure mode of zno varistors under multiple lightning strokes, a fivepulse 820. The failure processes of zno varistors caused by multiple. The single crystal microtube of zno has a band gap of 3. Both bi 2o 3rich and zn 7sb 2o 12 spinel phases are also usually present at the grain boundaries of the zno, but the presence of a bi 3zn 2sb3o14 phase is possible as well. Pdf the surge arrester of kv gasinsulated substation gis needs.
Interface states in zno varistor with mn, co, and cu. National institute of technology, rourkela certificate this is to certify that the thesis entitled synthesis and characterization of zno nanoparticles is submitted by mr. Pdf on sep 6, 2011, mohammad reza meshkatoddini and others published metal oxide zno based varistor ceramics find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. It was preserved for the fabrication of varistor discs. Evidence for depletion layers in the varistor is shown in. A model of znozno grain boundaries in a zinc oxide varistor. Zn 3 vo 4 2 particles in vanadium oxidedoped zinc oxide varistors. After milling the powders, disc shaped samples were pressed and sintered for 2 hours at temperatures in the range 950c to 1250c. Zno needles of aidoped lowvoltage varistor ceramics often exhibit a. Mechanical properties and microstructure of zinc oxide. Of zno based varistor ceramics doped with rare earth. The emphasis is given to the fabrication of dense, uniform and defect free zno layers for the memristive application by. New varistor type polymer composites for lowvoltage application have been developed. Chapter vi, which is the core part of this thesis work, is mainly devoted to the characterization study of zno based building blocks.
Unpublished msc thesis, school of materials engineering, northern malaysia. Littelfuse varistors basic properties, terminology and. Submitted to university of baghdad college of education for pure. The obtained breakdown fields are 1588 and 2584 v cm1 for er2o3 free and 0. Nanoscale characterisation of barriers to electron. The varistors consist of a disc of low e zno ceramic material with two solid copper leads s20 types only or copper clad steel wire.
Additives distribution and electrical properties in zinc. Synthesis of zno nanoparticles for varistor application using zn. Cobalt, praseodymiumadded zinc oxide varistor was prepared through a wet chemical method followed by sintering with or without calcination. Electrical properties of zno varistors prepared by direct mixing of constituent phases m. Zinc oxide zno varistor, which is a kind of polycrystalline semiconductor ceramic composed of multiple.
Synthesis and characterization of zno nanoparticles. Convergentbeam electron diffraction has been used to determine the space groups of. Novel zno based ternary oxides for optoelectronic applications mareike trunk thesis submitted in partial ful. Pdf zno varistors with high voltage gradient and low leakage. Several studies demonstrated that electrical stresses on varistors cause a deformation of their.
Powder processing parameters and their influence on the. They are coated with ul 94 v0 approved ocher colored halogen free epoxy, which provides electrical, mechanical and climatic protection. Changes in grain size, compact density, additives distribution, and voltagecurrent capacitancevoltage relations were investigated for the characterization of the samples sintered at temperatures from 1473 to 1573 k without calcination or with. Comprehensive summaries of uppsala dissertations from the faculty of science and technology 686. The work presented in this thesis is concerned with the microstructure of zinc oxide varistor materials. Scanning electron microscopy sem and xray diffractometry xrd were used to analyze the microstructure of the material. A surge in excess of the specified withstanding surge current may cause short circuits or package rupture with expulsion of material. The presented varistor composite materials show very low values for the breakdown field strength down to 200 v mm. They are coated with ul 94 v0 approved ocher colored halogen free epoxy, which provides electrical. Pdf advances in the synthesis of zno nanomaterials for. Technical information physical properties of zinc oxide varistors.
Under extreme electrical stresses the nonlinear characteristics of a varistor. The zinc oxide nanoparticles find application in varistors and other functional. Zinc oxide varistors are electronic ceramic materials whose electrical behavior is dominated by grainboundary interface states. Synthesis and characterization of solgel derived zno thin.
Zn 3 vo 4 2 has been determined to be monoclinic with space group p2 1 and lattice parameters of a 9. The optimizations of undoped zno thin film growth using molecularbeam epitaxy mbe are. Stability of zinc oxide varistors a thesis submitted to the university of manchester for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the faculty of engineering and physical sciences 2014 poonsuk poosimma school of materials. Zinc oxide zno has been used in a wide range of products for many years, including, among others, varistors, surface acoustic wave. The interface traps situated between zno zno grain boundaries and the bulk traps due to donorlike traps in the bulk of zno grains. Insitu quantitative measurement of electric fields in zinc oxide thin films using electrostatic force microscopy jan harloff. Investigation of electrical properties of field grading materials based zno microvaristors a thesis submitted to cardiff university in the candidature for the degree of doctor of philosophy by hafisoh ahmad, b. These electronic devices, often referred to as movs, or metal oxide varistors, find. Modeling of electrical transport in zinc oxide varistors. Electrical properties of zno varistors prepared by direct. Thesis submitted to the school of graduate studies, universiti putra malaysia, in fulfillment of the.
The varistors consist of a disc of low zno ceramic material with two solid copper leads s20 types only or copper clad steel wire. Home key engineering materials electroceramics in japan iii electric characteristics of znovaristors sintered. Metal oxide zno based varistor ceramics 331 conductors. Stability of zinc oxide varistors manchester escholar. Low temperature dielectric relaxations in zno varistor. Brankovic center for multidisciplinary studies, university of belgrade, kneza viseslava 1, 1 belgrade, serbia abstract. Thermoionic emission and tunneling are acknowledged to be the major transport mechanisms. Powder processing parameters and their influence on the electrical performance of zno varistor a thesis submitted to dublin city university in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy by shahida begum, bsc eng name of supervisors prof m s j hashmi dr ramon puyane collaborating establishment harris corporation. The zno varistor is a mutiphase polycrystalline ceramic made by. Varistors under harmonic distortion conditions author. Electronic transitions in semiconductors between localised energy levels in the forbidden gap or between localised energy levels and the free bands are in totally. Physically, a zno varistor contains numerous pieces of zinc oxide grains of. Ceramic varistors based on zno, bi2o3, sb2o3, mno and co3o4 were prepared by the mixed oxide route. The filler is made of commercially available doped zno varistor powder.
Improvement of the vi characteristic of zinc oxide zno based metal oxide varistors movs using silicon telluride site2 and lanthanum hexaboride lab6 materials miidzo hove a thesis submitted to the faculty of engineering and the built environment, university of witwatersrand, johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for. Zno varistors have been widely applied for the protection of electronic and electrical equipment from lightning 1,2. Zno based varistors are widely used for overvoltage protection in many electrical and electronic circuits, at voltages ranging from a few to over a million volts. In carefully prepared aifree compositions the microstructure shows more globular grains. Zno zno grain boundary, rich of bismuth, which is a highly resistive phase, is the main cause of. An impulse test is the most direct means to study the performance of zno varistors. The dlts signals, correlated to the doping of mn and co. By careful control of the microstructure, through nanostructuring by chemical routes, it should be possible to produce varistors with high breakd.
They exhibit a highly nonlinear currentvoltage relation with a 5%. The interface states in zno with impurities of transitionmetals, mn, co, and cu, were investigated by the dlts deeplevel transient spectroscopy measurements in zno prcoo x zno junctions as model systems of zno ceramic varistors and by the scfx. University of california riverside doping in zinc oxide. Degradation of zinc oxide varistors volume 5 ken takahashi, t. Nanoscale characterisation of barriers to electron conduction in zno varistor materials. Products were characterised in terms of phase development and microstructure by xray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.
We investigate the physical bases of the degradation processes observed in the ac tests. Degradation analysis of metal oxide varistors under. R jandrell a thesis submitted in ful lment of the requirements for the degree doctor of philosophy in electrical engineering may 2016. Mechanism and development of tio2doped zno bi2o3based varistors 81 layer in the grain on both sides of the interface. I, pitshou bokoro, declare that this thesis titled, degradation analysis of metal oxide varistors under harmonic distortion conditions and the work presented in it are my own. However, after a natural lightning strike, zno varistors often have varying degrees of failure. Stability of zinc oxide varistors research explorer. When rareearth oxide additives are added into zno varistors, the. Advances in the synthesis of zno nanomaterials for. Microstructural control of zinc oxide varistor ceramics springerlink. The work presented in this thesis is concerned with the microstructure of. Characteristic analysis of zno varistors made with. Electric characteristics of znovaristors sintered at low temperature p. Jianlin liu, chairperson doping in zinc oxide zno thin films is discussed in this dissertation.
Various types of zinc oxide varistors under different processing conditions were sintered using microwave heating. Pdf metal oxide znobased varistor ceramics researchgate. Effect of compaction parameters and sintering configurations on the performance of zno varistor a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy to dublin city university by a n mustafizul karim, b. Completely uptodate, this is the first comprehensive monograph on metal oxide varistors with a focus on microstructure, conduction mechanisms, device failures, ageing, additive impacts and future varistor systems. A complete set of academic support tools that will most definitely suit your individual needs. Restart of the chemical preparation process for the.