Electrical Properties of Stoichiometric BiFeO3 Prepared by Mechanosynthesis with Either Conventional or Spark Plasma Sintering

Phase‐pure powders of stoichiometric BiFeO3 have been prepared by mechanosynthesis. Ceramics sintered by either conventional heating in air or spark plasma sintering (SPS) followed by oxidative anneal in air are highly insulating at room temperature with resistivity, extrapolated from the Arrhenius...

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Published in:Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2013-04, Vol.96 (4), p.1220-1227
Main Authors: Perejón, Antonio, Masó, Nahum, West, Anthony R., Sánchez-Jiménez, Pedro E., Poyato, Rosalía, Criado, José M., Pérez-Maqueda, Luis A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activation energy
Annealing
Ceramics
Electrical properties
Electrical resistivity
Extrapolation
Heating
Spark plasma sintering
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Summary:Phase‐pure powders of stoichiometric BiFeO3 have been prepared by mechanosynthesis. Ceramics sintered by either conventional heating in air or spark plasma sintering (SPS) followed by oxidative anneal in air are highly insulating at room temperature with resistivity, extrapolated from the Arrhenius plots, of ~1016 Ωcm and activation energy 1.15(2) eV, comparable with those of a good‐quality BiFeO3 single crystal. By contrast, the as‐prepared SPS sample without the postsinter anneal shows lower resistivity, e.g., ~1010 Ωcm at 25°C and activation energy 0.67(3) eV, indicating some reduction in the sample by the SPS process. The reason for the high conductivity reported for some ceramic samples in the literature remains unclear at present.
ISSN:0002-7820
1551-2916
DOI:10.1111/jace.12186