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Thermoelectric power studies on (1-x) Pr(2/3)Ba(1/3)MnO(3) plus xAg(2)O composites

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Title Thermoelectric power studies on (1-x) Pr(2/3)Ba(1/3)MnO(3) plus xAg(2)O composites
 
Creator Panwar, Neeraj
Pandya, D. K.
Agarwal, S. K.
 
Subject Applied Physics/Condensed Matter
Physics
 
Description Thermoelectric power (TEP) measurements of Pr2/3Ba1/3MnO3+Ag2O composite manganites are reported here. A phase transition from metallic to insulating behaviour is observed for all the synthesized samples. No change in the TEP behaviour of the pristine sample Pr2/3Ba1/3MnO3 is observed with Ag2O addition. The phase transition temperature (TS~196 K) also does not change with Ag2O which indicates the presence of Ag at the grain boundaries. In the insulating region TEP is large and negative, while in the metallic region it is positive with small values. The observed crossover from hole- to electron-like transport is attributed to the excitation of the valence band electrons to the conduction band with increasing temperature. The metallic region is found to be governed by the electron–magnon scattering process whereas a non-adiabatic small polaron hopping model is found applicable in the insulating regime.
 
Publisher IOP Publishing
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://npl.csircentral.net/2102/1/279.pdf
Panwar, Neeraj and Pandya, D. K. and Agarwal, S. K. (2008) Thermoelectric power studies on (1-x) Pr(2/3)Ba(1/3)MnO(3) plus xAg(2)O composites. Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20 (28). 285223-1-285223-4. ISSN 0953-8984
 
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