The invention relates to high-performance
zinc oxide composite ceramic voltage dependent
resistor material and a preparation method, which belongs to the technical field of electronic
ceramic preparation and application. The ceramics takes
zinc oxide as main phase, adopts
praseodymium oxide as nonlinear
initial phase, adopts a small amount of oxides of Co, Cr, Fe or W as
potential gradient and nonlinear reinforcing agent, and comprises the following components by mole percent: 80 to 95 percent of ZnO, 0.01 to 15 percent of Pr6O, 0.01 to 10.0 percent of CoO, 0.01 to 8.0 percent of Cr2O3, 0.0 to 5.0 percent of Fe2O3 and 0.0 to 3.0 percent of WO3. The material preparation method comprises the following
processing step in sequence: mixing->high-energy ball milling->
drying->mixing and
pelletizing->sifting->compression moulding forming->
sintering->silver-layer
coating. The
voltage dependent
resistor material has the advantages that the
crystal grain is fine, the microscopic structure is uniform, the
potential gradient E (the
potential gradient value corresponding to 1 mA / cm<2>
current density) is increased to 570 to 750 V / mm, the
nonlinear coefficient alpha is 24 to 32, and the leakage current IL (the
current density value corresponding 75 percent E) is 0.004 to 0.006 mA / cm<2>, and has excellent over-all electrical properties. The
voltage dependent
resistor material can be used for manufacturing the
lightning arresters of
ultra high voltage / extra
high voltage power systems, and can realize the
miniaturization of the
lightning arrester. The invention can also be used for
manufacturing cell phones and household appliance
chip or multiplayer
chip voltage dependent resistors.