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Electrical conductivity and dielectric relaxation of cerium (IV) oxide

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The complex dielectric permittivity and electrical conductivity for bulk cubic structure CeO2 (annealed at 1273 K for 10 h) are studied using capacitance (C) and the impedance Z(ω) measurements in a wide range of frequency (0.1 Hz–5 MHz) and at various temperatures (298–448 K). The measured dielectric permittivity and electrical conductivity data of CeO2 are analyzed using electric modulus formalism \( {\text{M}}^{*} \left( \omega \right) \), Nyquist plot, Jonscher’s universal power law, small polaron tunneling model and nearly constant loss model.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo, 11757, Egypt

    M. M. El-Nahass & A. A. Atta

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Humanity Studies at Al-Quwayiyah, Shaqra University, Al-Quwayiyah, 11971, Saudi Arabia

    A. M. Hassanien

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Taif, 21974, Saudi Arabia

    A. A. Atta & Emad M. A. Ahmed

  4. Department of Physics, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth St. (former EL Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt

    Emad M. A. Ahmed

  5. Microwave Physics and Dielectrics Department, Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth St. (former EL Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt

    Azza A. Ward

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El-Nahass, M.M., Hassanien, A.M., Atta, A.A. et al. Electrical conductivity and dielectric relaxation of cerium (IV) oxide. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 1501–1507 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5688-6

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