Probing charge carrier transport regimes in BiFeO3 nanoparticles by Raman spectroscopy

Autor: Dejan M. Djokić, Dimitrije Stepanenko, Bojan Stojadinović, Zorana Dohčević-Mitrović
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scripta Materialia. 181:6-9
ISSN: 1359-6462
Popis: We report a finding of two transport regimes in multiferroic BiFeO3 nanoparticles, which correspond to variable range hopping (VRH) mechanisms. Switch between the two regimes coincides with the transition between antiferromagnetic (AF) and paramagnetic (PM) phase. At low temperatures, it was found that temperature dependence of indirectly extracted resistivity is consistent with Efros-Shklovskii mechanism. As with high temperatures, data fit favourably to Mott VRH theory. Estimated resistivity value of ~ 350mΩcm violates the Mott-Ioffe-Regel criterion, corroborating that the transport does not proceed through conduction bands. Conductivity was probed noninvasively via Raman contactless setup and studied as a function of temperature.
Databáze: OpenAIRE