Abstract
The high‐temperature equilibrium electrical conductivity of Ce‐doped BaTiO3 was studied in terms of oxygen partial pressure, P(O2), and composition. In (Ba1−xCex)TiO3, the conductivity follows the −1/4 power dependence of P(O2) at high oxygen activities, which supports the view that metal vacancies are created for the compensation of Ce donors, and is nearly independent of P(O2) where electron compensation prevails at low P(O2). When Ce is substituted for the normal Ti sites, there is no significant change in conductivity behavior compared with undoped BaTiO3, indicating the substitution of Ce as Ce4+ for Ti4+ in Ba(Ti1−yCey)O3. The Curie temperature (Tc) was systematically lowered when Ce3+ was incorporated into Ba2+ sites, whereas the substitution of Ce4+ for Ti4+ sites resulted in no change in this parameter.
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