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Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-doped Aluminosilicate Nanotubes with Enhanced Electron Conductive Properties
Published on: November 15, 2016
Small polaron hopping conduction mechanism in Fe doped LaMnO3
Wasi Khan1, Alim H Naqvi, Maneesha Gupta
1Centre of Excellence in Materials Science (Nanomaterials), Department of Applied Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. wasiamu@gmail.com
Abstract:
The structural and electrical transport properties of LaMn(1-x)Fe(x)O(3) (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.6) bulk samples have been investigated. The powder x-ray diffraction patterns at room temperature show that all samples are formed in single phase. The temperature dependent resistivity data have been fitted with the Mott's variable-range hopping (VRH) model for an entire studied range of the temperature (77-300 K) to calculate the hopping distance (R(h)) and the density of states at Fermi level (N(E(F))). It is found that all parameters vary systematically with the increase in Fe concentration. Moreover, the resistivity data were also fitted in the small polaron hopping (SPH) model. The non-adiabatic SPH conduction mechanism is followed by all samples. This type conduction mechanism is far accompanied by subtle electronically induced structural changes involving in Fe-O-Fe and Fe-O-Mn bond angles and bond lengths. Thus we suggest that the transport properties can be explained according to the additional localization of charge carriers induced by Fe doping.
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