AIP Advances (Dec 2012)

Contribution of an extrinsic mechanism for the electrical polarization in BiMn2O5 ceramics

  • I. Fier,
  • D. L. Chinaglia,
  • L. Walmsley,
  • E. C. Pereira,
  • A. C. Rabelo,
  • R. G. Freitas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769752
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 042165 – 042165-5

Abstract

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DC conductivity, frequency dependent dielectric constant and pyroelectric coefficients, obtained from thermal stimulated depolarization current curves, in BiMn2O5 ceramics in the range of temperatures from 10 K to 320 K are reported. The data could be explained if it is assumed that a dipole defect is formed due to an oxygen vacancy and two manganese ions which have their valence changed to accept an electron.