Synthesis and electrical properties of nanocrystalline Ca1 - xEuxMnO3 ± δ (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) powders prepared at low temperature using citrate gel method

Solid State Ionics

Volumn 180, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 1702-1709

  Silveira, C ^a   Lopes, M E ^b   Nunes, M R ^a   Jorge, M E Melo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Citrate gel method; Electrical properties; Electron doped manganites; Europium doping; Nanocrystalline manganites

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EUROPIUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MANGANITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PEROVSKITE; POWDERS; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CITRATE GEL METHOD; ELECTRON-DOPED MANGANITES; EUROPIUM DOPING; HIGH TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; INFRARED ABSORPTION TECHNIQUES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MANGANITES; SEMICONDUCTOR BEHAVIOURS; THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES (SEM);

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 74149094083     PISSN: 01672738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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