• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.275-284
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• 2003

The positive temperature coefficient (PTC) effects of high density polyethylene (HDPE)/carbon black composite materials were investigated by enhancing adhesive characteristics of electrodes and controlling HDPE chemical crosslinking. When the silver paste was used as an electrode for the same 45 wt% HDPE/carbon composites, the resistance was over 1 $\Omega$, which should be compared with the resistance of 0.2 $\Omega$ for the dendritic copper electrode. In general, the silver-paste electrode exhibited higher electrical resistance than cupper electrode due to the interfacial resistance between the electrode and PTC composites. The HDPE/carbon composite exhibited typical PTC characteristics maintaining a constant resistance up to vicat point and showing a maximum at the melting point of HDPE. The crosslinked HDPE significantly decreased the negative temperature coefficient (NTC) phenomena, and desirably showed a constant or slightly increasing feature of electrical resistance in the high temperature region.

• Carbon letters
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2000

The effect of surface free energy on the positive temperature coefficient (PTC) of carbon black/thermoplastic resin composites was investigated. The thermoplastic resins such as EVA, LDPE, LLDPE and HDPE were used with the addition of 30 wt.% of the carbon black. The surface free energy of the composites was studied in the context of two-liquid contact angle measurements, i.e., deionized water and diiodomethane. It was observed that the resistivity on PTC composites Was greatly increased near the crystalline melting temperature, due to the thermal expansion of polymeric matrix. From the experimental results, it was proposed that the decrease of surface free energy induced by interactions between carbon black surfaces and polymer chains is an important factor to the fabrication of a PTC composite made of carbon black and polymeric matrix.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.32-35
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• 2005

In this paper, the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were ozonized and the positive temperature coefficient (PTC) behaviors of CNTs-filled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) conductive composites were studied. The results of element analysis (EA) and FT-IR indicate that the oxygen-containing functional groups on the CNTs surfaces, such as O-H, C-O, and C＝O groups, were increased with the ozonization. Electrical resistivities of the CNTs/HDPE composites were measured by using a digital multimeter. The resistivity of the composites was increased abruptly near the crystalline melting temperature of the HDPE used as matrix, which could be attributed to the destruction of conductive network by the thermal expansion of HDPE. And, the PTC intensity of the CNTs/HDPE composites was increased with the increase of the ozone treatment time. It was probably due to the growing of maximum volume resistivity of the composites induced by the increased oxygen-containing functional groups in the CNTs surfaces.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.66-70
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• 2003

This dissertation is about the development of $BaTiO_{3}$-type PTC(Positive Temperature Coefficient) thermistor by composition method. PTC samples were fabricated after setting the experimental composition equation as $(Ba_{0.95-x}Sr_{0.05}Ca_x)TiO_3\;-\;0.01TiO_2\;-\;0.01SiO_2\;-\;aMnCO_3\;-\;0.2Nb_{2}O_{5}$ and their testing results were analyzed. a PTC thermistor, having the characteristics of relatively low resistance at room temperature and c and a good temperature coefficient, has been developed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.666-671
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• 2014

Using positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heater as supplementary heating for diesel engine vehicles with low heat source is a good method to enhance the heating performance during cold start. In this study, the PTC elements were made by using screen printing process for forming ohmic contact layer, and prototype of PTC heater was designed and made for a diesel engine vehicle. In process of designing the PTC heater, the thermal flow analysis of PTC element modules was conducted for verifying the effect of the shapes of contact surface between each of the components (cooling fin, insulator, ceramic element). We also investigated the performance characteristic (heating capacity, energy efficiency, pressure drop) of the PTC heater through the experiments. Therefore, the experimental results indicated that prototype of PTC heater had satisfactory performance. This study will be basis for improving the manufacturing process and increasing the performance of the PTC element and heater.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.353-358
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• 2008

Maleated ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (MEPDM) was prepared from solution polymerization of EPDM and maleic anhydride. MEPDM-grafted-poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) copolymer (MEPDM-g-PDMS) was prepared from copolymerization of MEPDM with $\alpha$,$\omega$-hydroxyl group terminated PDMS. The MEPDM-g-PDMS was compounded with HDPE and 4-ethoxybenzoic acid modified MWCNT at $180^{\circ}C$ and positive temperature coefficient (PCT) behavior of the MWCNT composite was investigated. Surface modification of MWCNT enabled it to be more uniformly dispersed in polymer matrix and decreased aggregation of particles. Electrical resistivity of the composite was abruptly increased at melting temperature and PTC intensity of 2.3 was obtained at 15% loading of surface modified CNT.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.330-335
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• 2009

We investigated the effects of the re-oxidation temperature and time on the positive temperature coefficient (PTC) of resistivity characteristics of Sm-doped $BaTiO_3$ sintered at $1200{\sim}1260^{\circ}C$ for 2 h in a reducing atmosphere (3% $H_2/N_2$), followed by re-oxidization processes in air, in which re-oxidization temperature and time were $600{\sim}1000^{\circ}C$ and $1{\sim}10$h, respectively. The result reveals that Smdoped (Ba,Ca)$TiO_3$ ceramics fired in a reducing atmosphere exhibit low PTC characteristics, whereas the sample re-oxidized at $800^{\circ}C$ for 1 h in air exhibit pronounced PTC characteristics. The room-temperature resistivity and jumping characteristics of resistivity (${\rho}_{max}/{\rho}25^{\circ}C$) decrease with Sm contents. The PTC characteristics with reoxidization time at $800^{\circ}C$ have improved about $2{\sim}3$ orders of magnitude whereas differed according to the sintering temperature. The 0.7 at% Sm-doped (Ba,Ca)$TiO_3$ samples reveal the best PTC characteristics in the present range of formula and processes.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.159-164
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• 1999

PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity) 소자는 티탄산 바륨 (barium titanate) 계열의 페로브스카이트 (perovskite) 구조를 가지는 물질을 반도체화시켰을 때 큐리온도 부근에서 저항이 1,000배 이상 증가하는 물질을 가리킨다. 처음에는 BaTiO$_3$를 대상으로 12$0^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 발생하는 PTC 현상을 연구하였으나, BaTiO$_3$에 SrTiO$_3$, PbTiO$_3$를 첨가하면, 큐리온도를 낮출 수도 있고, 높일 수도 있어서 PTC 소자의 사용 영역이 넓어졌다. PTC 소자의 응용분야는 1) 천연색 텔레비젼 수상기와 모니터에 사용하는 degausser와 같은 스위칭 소자, 2) 냉장고용 컴프레서등에 사용되는 모터 기동용 소자, 3) 자동차 연료조기증발용 히타와 같은 세라믹 히타 소자로 크게 구분된다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.376-377
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• 2008

저압계동의 고장전류를 차단하기 위해서, 기중차단기(ACB), 배선용차단기(MCCB) 등을 사용하고 있는데, 저압차단기는 저압계통의 고장전류를 차단할 수 있으나, 고장전류를 효과적으로 제한하지 못하며, 차단기 내부의 아킹시간이 상대적으로 길므로, 저압차단기는 물론 주변 전력기기에 전기적/열적/기계적 스트레스를 주게 된다. 또한 지속적인 부하의 증가로 인해 저압계통의 단락전류는 점점 증가하는 추세에 있으므로 저압계통은 물론 고압계통에서도 고장전류를 보다 빠르고 효과적으로 제한 및 차단을 할 수 있는 한류형 차단기가 제안되고 있다. 저압계통의 경우, 정온도계수(Positive Temperature Coefficient, PTC) 특성을 가지는 한류소자를 기존 차단기에 직렬 혹은 병렬로 연결하여 저압계동의 고장전류를 매우 빠르고 효과적으로 제한 및 차단하는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 정온도계수 특성을 가지는 소자를 이용하여 소형 저압차단기의 차단용량 향상에 기여할 수 있는지 검증하였다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.22 no.12
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• pp.658-663
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• 2012

The electrical properties of a laminated SMD type PTC thermistor for microcircuit protection were investigated as a function of polymer blowing agent addition. Green ceramics for multilayered $BaTiO_3$-based PTCRs were formed by doctor blade method of barium titanate powders; we successfully laminated the sintered ceramic chips to obtain 10 layer chip PTCRs with PTC effect. The sintered density increases with increasing sintering temperature. The electrical properties of the sintered samples were strongly dependent on the calcination and addition of a polymer blowing agent. When $BaTiO_3$ powders containing 0.2 mol% of $Y_2O_3$ were calcined at $1000^{\circ}C$ for 2 hrs, the resistivity jump was of 1-2 orders of magnitude. The resistivity at room temperature increases according to the polymer blowing agent addition. Also, the sample using the calcined powder showed a lower resistivity than that of the sample prepared using powders without calcinations. With an increase in the OBSH, the magnitude of the resistivity jumped as a function of the temperature increase. The resistivity of the sintered bodies after the addition of 0.5 wt% polymer blowing agent at $1290^{\circ}C$ for 2 h was shown to be about $8.5{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$; the jump order of the sintered bodies was shown to be on the order of $10^2$.