TITLE:
Characterization of Electrical Behavior of Ba5HoTi3V7O30 Ceramic Using Impedance Analysis
AUTHORS:
Kiran Kathayat, Anuradha Panigrahi, Arvind Pandey, Susmita Kar
KEYWORDS:
Ceramics; X-Ray Diffraction; Impedance Spectroscopy; Electrical Properties
JOURNAL NAME:
Materials Sciences and Applications,
Vol.3 No.6,
June
19,
2012
ABSTRACT: Polycrystalline sample of Ba5HoTi3V7O30 was prepared using solid-state reaction technique. X-ray structural analysis indicated a single-phase formation with orthorhombic structure. Microstructural study by SEM showed non-uniform distribution of grains over the surface of the sample. Impedance and modulus spectroscopy studies were carried out, as functions of frequency (42 Hz - 5 MHz) and temperature (RT-773K). The Nyquist plots clearly showed the presence of both bulk and grain boundary effect in the compound. Electrical phenomena in the material can appropriately be modeled in terms of an equivalent circuit with R, C and CPE in parallel. The fitting procedure used here allows us to determine the value of R and C with good precision. Here R2 and R3 correspond to the resistance contributed from the grain boundary and bulk, respectively. C1 and C2 correspond to the capacitance contributed from the grain boundary and bulk, respectively. The real part of electrical modulus shows that the material is highly capacitive. The asymmetric peak of the imaginary part of electric modulus M″, predicts a non Debye type relaxation. The activation energy of the compound (calculated both from impedance and modulus spectrum) is same, and hence the relaxation process may be attributed to the same type of charge carriers.