화학공학소재연구정보센터
Solid State Ionics, Vol.143, No.2, 251-257, 2001
Impedance spectroscopy of Sr0.97Ti1-xFexO3-delta materials with moderate Fe-contents
Complex impedance spectroscopy was used to characterize the electrical behavior of polycrystalline Sr0.97Ti1-xFexO3-delta materials. The impedance plots obtained for samples with x greater than or equal to 0.07 (7%Fe or higher) did not reveal a resistive grain boundary contribution, thus suggesting a major change in grain boundary dispersion (relative to samples with small Fe contents). The dielectric constant remains nearly independent of the Fe content, and is close to the dielectric constant of strontium titanate single crystals. SEM microstructures reveal a remarkable change in grain growth behaviour. Ceramic samples with x greater than or equal to 0.07 show average grain sizes in the range 0.3-2 mum, which is much smaller than found for samples with up to 5% Fe or lower Fe contents. The bulk conductivity increases rapidly with the Fe content, mainly due to a decrease in activation energy, The bulk conductivity results deviate from a typical Arrhenius law, and suggest a transition towards a variable range hopping mechanism at room temperature or lower.