Abstract
Microstructural features of Cu0.1Ni0.8Co0.2Mn1.9O4-based thick films screen-printed on substrate with formed Ag–Pd contacts were investigated using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy methods. It is established that diffusion processes of elements from contacts area occurs into internal structure of thick films located near grain boundaries. Formed internal nanovoids in thick-film structures were studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. The observed positron trapping sites can be defined within two-state positron trapping model at fitting on two components. It is established that positron trapping processes in thick films formed in three and four layers and bulk Cu0.1Ni0.8Co0.2Mn1.9O4 ceramics are similar testifies the same structural type and successful transformation of bulk ceramics into thick films. In some cases, the size of free-volume nanovoids in thick films can rise due to redistribute space of their internal structure at addition glasses and other compounds. Positrons are trapped more strongly in bulk ceramics due to more ramified their grain/pores structure. Studied thick films are characterized by high temperature sensitivity and their properties can be stabilized after thermally induced treatment.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Burnside S, Winkel S, Brooks K, Shklover V, Gra M., Hinsch A, Pettersson H (2000) Deposition and characterization of screen-printed porous multi-layer thick film structures from semiconducting and conducting nanomaterials for use in photovoltaic devices. J Mater Sci 11(4):355–362. https://link.springer.com/article/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008989601919
Das A, Mandal AC, Roy S, Nambissan PMG (2015) Positron annihilation studies of defects and fine size effects in nanocrystalline nickel oxide. J Exp Nanosci 10(8): 622–639. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/https://doi.org/10.1080/17458080.2013.860490
de Györgyfalva G C, Reaney I M (2001) Decomposition of NiMn2O4 spinel: an NTC thermistor material. J Eur Ceram Soc 21(10–11):2145–2148. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095522190100190X
Filipecki J, Ingram A, Klym H, Shpotyuk O, Vakiv M (2007) Water-sensitive positron-trapping modes in nanoporous magnesium aluminate ceramics. J Phys Conf Ser 79(1):012015. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/79/1/012015/meta
Gao H, Ma C, Sun B (2014) Preparation and characterization of NiMn2O4 negative temperature coefficient ceramics by solid-state coordination reaction. J Mater Sci 25(9):3990–3995. https://link.springer.com/article/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-2118-5
Ghosh S, Nambissan P M G, Bhattacharya R (2004) Positron annihilation and Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of In3+ substitution effects in bulk and nanocrystalline MgMn0.1Fe1.9−xInxO4. Phys Lett A 325(3–4):301–308. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0375960104004748
Hadzaman I, Klym H, Shpotuyk O, Brunner M (2010) Temperature sensitive spinel-type ceramics in thick-film multilayer performance for environment sensors. Acta Phys Polon 117(1):234. http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/PDF/117/a117z148.pdf
Hadzaman I, Klym H, Shpotyuk O (2014) Nanostructured oxyspinel multilayers for novel high-efficient conversion and control. Int J Nanotechnol 11(9–1011):843–853. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNT.2014.063793
He Z, Li Z, Xiang Q, Yan W, Zhang H (2019) Electrical properties of Y/Mg modified NiO simple oxides for negative temperature coefficient thermistors. Int J Appl Ceram Technol 16(1):160–169. https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.13084
Kanade S.A, Puri V (2008) Electrical properties of thick-film NTC thermistor composed of Ni0.8Co0.2Mn2O4 ceramic: effect of inorganic oxide binder. Mater Res Bull 43(4): 819–824. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025540807001985
Kansy J, Consolati G, Dauwe C (2000) Positronium trapping in free volume of polymers. Radiat Phys Chem 58(5–6):427–431. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969806X0000195X
Karbovnyk I, Collins J, Bolesta I, Stelmashchuk A, Kolkevych A, Velupillai S, Klym H, Fedyshyn O, Tymoshyk S, Kolych I (2015) Random nanostructured metallic films for environmental monitoring and optical sensing: experimental and computational studies. Nanoscale Res Lett 10(1):1. https://nanoscalereslett.springeropen.com/articles/https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-0855-x
Karbovnyk I, Olenych I, Aksimentyeva O, Klym H, Dzendzelyuk O, Olenych Y, Hrushetska O (2016) Effect of radiation on the electrical properties of PEDOT-based nanocomposites. Nanoscale Res Lett 11(1):84. https://link.springer.com/article/https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-016-1293-0
Klym H, Ingram A (2007) Unified model of multichannel positron annihilation in nanoporous magnesium aluminate ceramics. J Phys Conf Ser 79(1):012014. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/79/1/012014/meta
Klym H, Kostiv Y (2016) Intrinsic free volume in thick-film layers based on semiconductor Cu0.1Ni0.1Co1.6Mn1.2O4 ceramics. In: 7th international conference on advanced optoelectronics and lasers (CAOL), vol 252. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7851446
Klym H, Ingram A, Shpotyuk O, Filipecki J, Hadzaman I (2011) Structural studies of spinel manganite ceramics with positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. J Phys 289(1):012010. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/289/1/012010/meta
Klym H, Hadzaman I, Shpotyuk O, Fu Q, Luo W, Deng J (2013) Integrated thick-film p-i-p+ structures based on spinel ceramics. Solid State Phenom 200:156–161. https://www.scientific.net/ssp.200.156
Klym H, Balitska V, Shpotyuk O, Hadzaman I (2014a) Degradation transformation in spinel-type functional thick-film ceramic materials. Microelectron Reliab 54(12):2843–2848. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026271414003394
Klym H, Hadzaman I, Ingram A, Shpotyuk O (2014b) Multilayer thick-film structures based on spinel ceramics. Can J Phys 92(7/8):822–826. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/https://doi.org/10.1139/cjp-2013-0597
Klym H, Hadzaman I, Shpotyuk O, Brunner M (2014c) Integrated thick-film nanostructures based on spinel ceramics. Nanoscale Res Lett 9(1):149. https://link.springer.com/article/https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-149
Klym H, Ingram A, Shpotyuk O, Hadzaman I, Solntsev V, Hotra O, Popov AI (2016) Positron annihilation characterization of free volume in micro-and macro-modified Cu0.4Co0.4Ni0.4Mn1.8O4 ceramics. Low Temp Phys 42(7):601–605. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959021
Klym H, Ingram A, Shpotyuk O, Karbovnyk I (2016) Influence of CsCl addition on the nanostructured voids and optical properties of 80GeS2–20Ga2S3 glasses. Opt Mater 59:39–42. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925346716301112
Krause-Rehberg R, Leipner HS (1999) Positron annihilation in semiconductors. In: Defect studies. Springer, Berlin
Modi KB, Vasoya NH, Lakhani VK, Pathak TK, Nambissan PMG (2013) Crystal defects and cation redistribution study on nanocrystalline cobalt-ferri-chromites by positron annihilation spectroscopy. Int J Spectrosc. https://downloads.hindawi.com/archive/2013/272846.pdf
Park K, Bang DY (2003) Electrical properties of Ni–Mn–Co–(Fe) oxide thick-film NTC thermistors prepared by screen printing. J Mater Sci 14(2):81–87. https://link.springer.com/article/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021900618988
Reul J, Fels L, Qureshi N, Shportko K, Braden M, Grüninger M (2013) Temperature-dependent optical conductivity of layered LaSrFeO4. Phys Rev B 87(20):205142. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.205142
Sampath S (2010) Thermal spray applications in electronics and sensors: past, present, and future. J Thermal Spray Technol 19(5):921–949. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%252Fs11666-010-9475-2
Schubert M, Münch C, Schuurman S, Poulain V, Kita J, Moos R (2018) Thermal treatment of aerosol deposited NiMn2O4 NTC thermistors for improved aging stability. Sensors 18(11):3982. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/11/3982
Shportko KV, Pasechnik YA, Wuttig M, Rueckamp R, Trukhan VM, Haliakevich TV (2009) Plasmon–phonon contribution in the permittivity of ZnP2 single crystals in FIR at low temperatures. Vib Spectrosc 50(2):209–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vibspec.2008.11.006
Shportko KV, Rueckamp R, Shoukavaya TV, Trukhan VM, El-Nasser HM, Venger EF (2016) Effect of the low temperatures on the Raman active vibrational modes in ZnP2 and CdP2. Vib Spectrosc 87:173–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vibspec.2016.09.024
Shpotyuk O, Balitska V, Brunner M, Hadzaman I, Klym H (2015) Thermally-induced electronic relaxation in structurally-modified Cu0.1Ni0.8Co0.2Mn1.9O4 spinel ceramics. Phys B 459:116–121. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921452614008576
Shpotyuk O, Brunner M, Hadzaman I, Balitska V, Klym H (2016) Analytical description of degradation–relaxation transformations in nanoinhomogeneous spinel ceramics. Nanoscale Res Lett 11(1):499. https://link.springer.com/article/https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-016-1722-0
Singh R, Kambale K, Kulkarni AR, Harendranath CS (2013) Structure composition correlation in KNN–BT ceramics—an X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopic investigation. Mater Chem Phys 138(2–3):905–908. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254058413000412
Siqueira KPF, Soares JC, Granado E, Bittar EM, De Paula AM, Moreira RL, Dias A (2014) Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy of Ln3NbO7 (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm–Lu) ceramics obtained by molten-salt synthesis. J Solid State Chem 209:63–68. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022459613004726
Sophocleous M, Atkinson J K (2015) A novel thick-film electrical conductivity sensor suitable for liquid and soil conductivity measurements. Sensors Actuators B 213: 417–422. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925400515002956
Vakiv M, Hadzaman I, Klym H, Shpotyuk O, Brunner M (2011) Multifunctional thick-film structures based on spinel ceramics for environment sensors. J Phys 289(1):012011. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/289/1/012011/meta
Venger EF, Pasechnik YA, Shportko KV (2005) Reflection spectra of phosphides in the residual beams region. J Mol Struct 744:947–950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2004.11.046
Yang Y L, Chuang M C, Lou S L, Wang J (2010) Thick-film textile-based amperometric sensors and biosensors. Analyst 135(6):1230–1234. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2010/an/b926339j/unauth#!divAbstract
Zhang H, Diao C, Liu S, Jiang S, Shi F, Jing X (2014) X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering investigations on Ba [Mg(1−x)/3ZrxTa2(1−x)/3]O3 solid solutions. J Alloys Compd 587:717–723. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925838813025164
Zhao C, Wang Z, Wang S, Yang P, Chen C (2008) Preparation and characterization of negative temperature coefficient (Ni,Mn)3O4–La(Mn,Ni)O3 composite. J Electroceramics 20(2):113–117. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10832-007-9375-0
Acknowledgements
H. Klym thanks the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for support (project for young researchers No. 0119U100435), Dr. A. Ingram for assistance in PAL experiments, Prof. O. Shpotyuk and Dr. V. Balitska for discussion.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Additional information
Publisher's Note
Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Klym, H., Hadzaman, I. & Gryga, V. Combined study of internal nanovoids in Cu0.1Ni0.1Co1.6Mn1.2O4-based thick-film layers formed near grain boundaries. Appl Nanosci 12, 1257–1262 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-021-01801-y
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-021-01801-y