Abstract
The spark plasma sintering and conventional sintering methods were used to prepare the Sr/Mg–codoped Na0.5Bi0.48Sr0.02Ti0.96Mg0.04O2.95 (NBT-SM) compounds. By the AC impedance spectrum test, the grain and total conductivity of NBT-SM sample sintered by the spark plasma sintering method (NBT-SM-SPS) at 673 K can reach 1.23 mS/cm and 0.478 mS/cm, respectively. The grain conductivity of NBT-SM-SPS sample is around 4.2 times higher than that of NBT-SM sample prepared by the conventional sintering method (NBT-SM-CS). There is higher mobile oxygen vacancy concentration and vacancy mobility capability in the NBT-SM-SPS sample, which is the reason that there is higher oxygen ion conductivity in NBT-SM-SPS sample. The aging behavior investigation was carried out at 573 K. After 48 h aging, there is around 12.3% degradation of the grain conductivity in the NBT-SM-SPS sample. The conductivity degradation should result from the decrease of the oxygen vacancy mobility capability and mobile vacancy concentration.
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