Completely up-to-date, this is the first comprehensive monograph on metal oxide varistors with a focus on microstructure, conduction mechanisms, device failures, ageing, additive impacts and future varistor systems.
As such, it covers the fundamentals and applications of metal oxide varistors, including their macro-characteristics, microstructural properties and the device-internal physical and electrical mechanisms. The author reflects on the achievements made in varistor research and propose new approaches to analyze and predict the macro-characteristics, employing such methods as micro-contact measurements and numerical simulations. In addition, he looks at future directions for varistor research, such as ZnO varistors with a high voltage gradient and low residual voltage and further varistor types based on TiO2 and SnO2.

Jinliang He is the Chang Jiang Scholars Distinguished Professor of China's Ministry of Education with the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Currently Jinliang He is the Chair of the High Voltage and Insulation Technology Research Institute at the Tsinghua University. His research interests cover dielectric materials and electroceramics, transient electromagnetics and electromagnetic compatibility in power systems and electronic systems as well as advanced power transmission technology. During 2014 to 2018, he had been assigned by China Science and Technology Ministry as the Chief Scientist in charge of a 5-year China National Fundamental Research Project. He has co-authored more than 310 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and transactions and more than 200 papers in refereed Chinese-language journals. He has published 5 academic monographs, and 2 textbooks. He was elected a Fellow of IEEE in 2007 and a Fellow of IET in 2011 for his contribution to lightning protection and grounding technology in power transmission system , and a Fellow of HPEM in 2018 for contributions to the understanding and protection of lightning discharges and electromagnetic effects. Jinliang He received the 'Technical Achievement Award' and 'Certificate of Acknowledgement' of the IEEE-EMC Society, respectively in 2010 and 2011, the Hoshino Prize (6th session) by the Institute of Electrical Installation Engineers of Japan in 2013, the Distinguished Contribution Award from Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning in 2015, the Rudolf Heinrich Golde Award from International Conference on Lightning Protection in 2016, and 2018 IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award for contributions to lightning protection of power transmission systems, including advancing analytic methods and innovation in line surge arresters. He is the recipients of two Chinese national awards for scientific and technological progress, a Chinese national invention award, and 20 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards.