The relationship of electrical properties of Mn-doped Ba_(0.92)Ca_(0.08)TiO_3PTCR (positive temperature coefficient resistance) ceramics with two sintering schedules wasdiscussed. Using TEM (transmission electron micr...The relationship of electrical properties of Mn-doped Ba_(0.92)Ca_(0.08)TiO_3PTCR (positive temperature coefficient resistance) ceramics with two sintering schedules wasdiscussed. Using TEM (transmission electron microscope) combined with EDS (energy dispersive X-rayspectrometer), the Mn ions distributed at grain boundaries were analyzed. The results show that thePTCR effect of Mn-doped PTCR ceramics is more dependent on the sintering schedule than those of Mnfree. The phenomenon may be caused by the valence states variance of Mn ions segregated at the grainboundaries.展开更多
基金This work is financially supported by the Postdoctoral Research Foundation of the Chinese Education Ministry (No. 023202238)
文摘The relationship of electrical properties of Mn-doped Ba_(0.92)Ca_(0.08)TiO_3PTCR (positive temperature coefficient resistance) ceramics with two sintering schedules wasdiscussed. Using TEM (transmission electron microscope) combined with EDS (energy dispersive X-rayspectrometer), the Mn ions distributed at grain boundaries were analyzed. The results show that thePTCR effect of Mn-doped PTCR ceramics is more dependent on the sintering schedule than those of Mnfree. The phenomenon may be caused by the valence states variance of Mn ions segregated at the grainboundaries.