ZnO varistors' electrical properties directly determine the protection effect of  the metal oxide arrester (MOA). For some MOAs with extremely high energy absorption requirements, damaged cases occurred due to the aging of the varistor. It is necessary to carry out research on formula optimization of ZnO varistors in order to optimize the aging performance of the varistors, and try to avoid electrical performance deterioration and even collapse of the varistors under multiple impulses. Based on the basic formula of the ZnO varistor, by adjusting the doping amount of various elements, grain parameters and electrical properties of varistor pieces with different additives doping were compared. Furthermore, this paper carried out impulse aging test on the varistor, so as to obtain the influence rule of the impulse aging performance. Based on the comparative analysis of various elements doping, the influence rule of various additives on the varistors were concluded. And the optimized doping formula can be used to prepare ZnO varistors with improved aging performance.

ZnO varistor,doping additives,metal oxide arrester (MOA),aging performance