The present invention provides a bottom ohmic silver paste for strontium titanate ring varistor including silver powder, doped SnO.sub.2 micro powder, glass powder, organic solvent and organic binder, and the mass ratio of the silver powder, the doped SnO.sub.2 micro powder, the glass powder, the organic solvent and the organic binder is [65,85]:[0.9,4.3]:[0.5,5]:[10,20]:[10,15]. The present invention also provides a preparation method and use of the bottom ohmic silver paste for strontium titanate ring varistor of the present invention.

Provided are a thermistor element including a conductive intermediate layer that can stably exist even at high temperature, and a method for manufacturing the same. The thermistor element includes: a thermistor element body 2 which contains an oxide thermistor material whose crystal structure is a perovskite-type; a conductive intermediate layer 3 formed on the thermistor element body; and an electrode layer 4 formed on the conductive intermediate layer, wherein the conductive intermediate layer is a composite oxide containing Mn. The method for manufacturing the thermistor element includes an intermediate layer forming step of forming a conductive intermediate layer of a composite oxide containing Mn on a thermistor element body, and an electrode layer forming step of forming an electrode layer on the conductive intermediate layer, wherein in the intermediate layer forming step, a Mn-containing dispersion is applied onto the thermistor element body, and dried to form a temporary intermediate layer.