Electrical properties and structure of grain boundaries in n-conducting BaTiO3 ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 763-771

  Hou, Junbo ^a,b   Zhang, Zaoli ^b   Preis, Wolfgang ^a   Sitte, Werner ^a   Dehm, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

BaTiO3 and titanates; Electrical properties; Grain boundaries; HRTEM; Interfaces

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC STRUCTURE; BATIO3 AND TITANATES; CO-DOPED; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FOUR-POINT; GLASS PHASE; GRAIN BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; HRTEM; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MICROSTRUCTURE; POTENTIAL BARRIER HEIGHT; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VAN DER PAUW;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MANGANESE; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 78751575451     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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