Abstract
We investigated the effects of sintering temperature and reoxidation annealing on the positive temperature coefficient of resistance (PTCR) effect of Ba1.022–xSmxTiO3 ceramics that were sintered at 1,180–1,260 °C for 30 min in a reducing atmosphere and reoxidized at 800 °C for 1 h. Results indicated that the room-temperature (RT) resistivity and resistance jump of the ceramics decreased with increasing sintering temperature; moreover, the samples exhibited a remarkable PTCR effect with a resistance jump of 3.3 orders of magnitude and achieved a low RT resistivity of 374.4 Ω cm at a lower sintering temperature. Furthermore, the higher grain-boundary resistivity of the ceramics obtained at a high reoxidation temperature after sintering at low temperature was estimated using an impedance analyzer. In addition, the voltage versus current behavior was investigated in present study.
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