Crystalline structure and electrical properties of Dy1-XCaXMnO3 solid solution
[EN] Solid solutions corresponding to the Dy1-xCaXMnO3 system, x=0.0 to 0.60 have been studied. The powders were prepared by solid state reaction of the corresponding oxides and carbonates. Sintered bodies were obtained by firing between 1250 and 1450ºC. All the compositions showed single-phased per...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2002 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/4672 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4672 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Perovskites Manganites Crystalline structures Electrical conductivity Perovskitas Manganitas Estructura cristalina Conducción eléctrica |
| Sumario: | [EN] Solid solutions corresponding to the Dy1-xCaXMnO3 system, x=0.0 to 0.60 have been studied. The powders were prepared by solid state reaction of the corresponding oxides and carbonates. Sintered bodies were obtained by firing between 1250 and 1450ºC. All the compositions showed single-phased perovskite-type structure with orthorhombic symmetry and Space Group Pbnm. Increase of the CaO content leads to a monotonic decrease of the orthorhombicity factor b/a with the Ca2+ concentration up to x=0.60. All the solid solutions crystallised with the same O’-type orthorhombic perovskite structure such as pure DyMnO3. Electrical measurements have shown semiconducting behaviour for all the solid solutions. The room temperature conductivity increases monotonically with the CaO content. The 60/40 Ca/Dy composition showed a high value of the electrical conductivity and a correlative very low value of the activation energy. Thermally activated small polaron hopping mechanism controls the conductivity of these perovskite ceramics. |
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