Abstract:
Series of Mn-Co-O NTC ceramics with the relatively low electrical resistivity and high B constant were obtained by adding ZnO and controlling sintering temperature.The microstructure and electrical properties of Mn
1.14Co
1.83Zn
0.03O
4 ceramics were investigated at different sintering temperature.The results indicate that the samples exhibited the high activation energy and formed mono-spinel oxide at the temperature of 1100~1200℃.Also,at a given 1100℃,the resistivity decreased to a minimum value,but a value of 4046K of the B constant was maintained.So the Mn
1.14Co
1.83Zn
0.03O
4 thermistors could be applied to single chip temperature sensor instead of some multilayer NTC thermistors with inner electrodes.