摘要
The ( 1 - x ) La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 ( LCMO ) + x Cr2O3 composites were synthesized by a new liquid phase method. The XRD and SEM meusurements reveal that few Cr2O3 were soluble in the LCMO structure and the lattice constant of LCMO almost did not change, while most Cr2O3 were distributed at the grain boundaries or on surfaces of the LCMO grains. In resistivity versus temperature meusurements, a metal-insalator transition was observed when x 〈 0.20. The resistivity increases and the metal-insalator transition temperature deereases with the increasing content of Cr2O3 . A random resistor network (RRN) model was used to simulate the transport property of the mixture samples. The simulation results agree with the experimental observations. The results show that the method is reasonable for understanding the electronic transport of the composites of the manganite.
The ( 1 - x ) La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 ( LCMO ) + x Cr2O3 composites were synthesized by a new liquid phase method. The XRD and SEM meusurements reveal that few Cr2O3 were soluble in the LCMO structure and the lattice constant of LCMO almost did not change, while most Cr2O3 were distributed at the grain boundaries or on surfaces of the LCMO grains. In resistivity versus temperature meusurements, a metal-insalator transition was observed when x 〈 0.20. The resistivity increases and the metal-insalator transition temperature deereases with the increasing content of Cr2O3 . A random resistor network (RRN) model was used to simulate the transport property of the mixture samples. The simulation results agree with the experimental observations. The results show that the method is reasonable for understanding the electronic transport of the composites of the manganite.
基金
Funded by the Wuhan Chenguang Project (No.20055003059-27)