On the localized impedance spectroscopic characterization of grain boundaries: General aspects and experiments on undoped SrTiO3

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Fleig, J ^a,b   Rahmati, B ^c   Rodewald, S ^b   Maier, J ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Grain boundaries; Impedance; Perovskites

Indexed keywords

CONTACT PADS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT CALCULATIONS; GENERAL ASPECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARY RESISTANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARY RESISTIVITY; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MICROELECTRODE IMPEDANCE; ORIENTATION IMAGING; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SPACE-CHARGE POTENTIAL; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SRTIO;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROELECTRODES; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 70350712177     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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