ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Electrical conductivity of two types of lanthanum-doped barium titanote ceramics with different dopant levels was measured at temperatures between 900 and 1250° C andP O 2from 10−5 to 1 atm. The activation energies of the conduction for the two are interpreted in terms of the formation energy of ionized oxygen vacancies even in such a highP O 2region. This fact is in contrast with a well -known controlled -valency model proposed for rare- earth -doped semi-conducting perovskites. In a lightly lanthanum-doped specimen, semiconduction achieved at elevated temperatures is retained on cooling the specimen to room temperature, whereas in a heavily doped specimen, the resultant high-temperature semiconduction changed to insulation on cooling. The former behaviour on cooling is successfully explained by a metastabilization of oxygen vacancies accompanied by electrons formed at elevated temperatures.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01132044
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