Lanthanum-magnesium and lanthanum-manganese donor-acceptor-codoped semiconducting barium titanate

Journal Article · Wed Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1990.tb06514.x· OSTI ID:6785818

Ting, C J; Peng, C J ^[1]; Wu, S T ^[2]; Lu, H Y

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1. Materials Research Lab., Industrial Technology Research Inst., Chutung (TW)
2. National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)

BaTiO{sub 3} powder doped with La donor and codoped with Mn or Mg acceptor was sintered at 1350{degrees}C/1 h in air. For La-doped BaTiO{sub 3} the room-temperature resistivity decreased to a minimum at (La{sup 3 +}) {approximately} 0.15 mol%. For La-Mn-codoped BaTiO{sub 3}, the minimum resistivity occurred at (La{sup 3 +}) {minus} 2(Mn{sup 2 +}) {approximately} 0.15 mol%. When the ceramic was changed to a fine grained insulator by high donor doping ((La{sup 3 +}) {gt} 0.15 mol%), its semiconductivity was restored, and the relatively homogeneous, coarse-grained microstructure recurred by codoping with either Mg or Mn acceptor, with the transition at (La{sup 3 +}) {minus} 2(Mg{sup 2 +}) = 0.15 mol% or (La{sup 3 +}) {minus} 2(Mn{sup 2 +}) = 0.15 mol%. The analogy of a compensation effect between La-Mn- and La-Mg-codoped BaTiO{sub 3} suggested that Mn acceptor added to BaTiO{sub 3} exists as Mn{sup 2 +} ion in the bulk grain region; its influence on the positive temperature coefficient of resistivity behavior is then discussed.

• OSTI ID: 6785818
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (USA) Vol. 73:2; ISSN 0002-7820; ISSN JACTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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