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Conduction mechanisms and complex impedance analysis in La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 ceramic

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La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 ceramic was elaborated by solid-state route. Preliminary room-temperature structural analysis evidences the sample formation in the orthorhombic structure and its phase purity. Electrical properties of the studied ceramic have been investigated according to dielectric measurements in the frequency range 10–1 - 106 Hz and the temperature range 93 - 313 K. Electrical conductivity curves exhibit a step-like behavior, at low temperatures, attributed to grain boundaries and grain contributions which are well described by the two Jonscher equations. The grains conduction mechanism is consistent with the thermally activated hopping of small polaron (SPH). Whereas, this mechanism is no longer satisfied for grain boundaries conduction mechanism at lower temperatures. Indeed, this latter is governed by the variable range hopping (VRH) model. This electrical conductivity analysis is further confirmed by the complex impedance formalism according to the obtained activation energies. Analysis of Nyquist plots at low temperatures has evidenced the presence of two grain boundaries effects attributed to the heterogeneous structure of La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 grain boundary according to the morphological analysis. Such characteristic may be at the origin of the grain boundaries electrical conductivity mechanism change at low temperatures.

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  2. Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Des Matériaux, Département de Physique, Faculté Des Sciences de Monastir, Université de Monastir, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia

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Lataoui, R., Triki, A., Hcini, S. et al. Conduction mechanisms and complex impedance analysis in La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 ceramic. J Electroceram 50, 121–138 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-023-00310-4

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