Byeon, SC Hong, KS Park, JG Kang, WN 2024-01-21T18:13:00Z 2024-01-21T18:13:00Z 2021-09-01 1997-06-15 0021-8979 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/143734 In our present study, the origin of the increase in resistivity of polycrystalline Mn0.47Zn0.47Fe2.06O4 with increasing oxygen partial pressure was investigated by measuring thermoelectric power and electrical resistivity, and through analysis of grain size, The ferrous ion (Fe2+) concentration of the samples was estimated using the thermoelectric power data and it indicated that the increase of oxygen partial pressure accompanied only a 0.5 wt. % decrease in the concentration of Fe2+. The decrease in Fe2+ concentration failed to explain the order of magnitude increase in resistivity. Preferential oxidation of the grain boundaries did not contribute to the increase in resistivity since all the samples were cooled under the same conditions, i.e., constant oxidation potential. Impedance spectroscopy revealed that the increase in resistivity arose from the increase in resistivity of the grain boundary; this is discussed in terms of the microscopic shape factor, the brick-layer model, and the Maxwell-Wagner model. It is suggested that the increase in resistivity, with increasing oxygen partial pressure, originates from the increase in the microscopic shape factor of the grain boundary. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. English AMER INST PHYSICS CONDUCTIVITY Origin of the increase in resistivity of manganese-zinc ferrite polycrystals with oxygen partial pressure Article 10.1063/1.365393 1 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, v.81, no.12, pp.7835 - 7841 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 81 12 7835 7841 scie scopus A1997XF58800019 2-s2.0-0000908139 Physics, Applied Physics Article CONDUCTIVITY manganese-zinc ferrite thermoelectric power electrical resistivity oxygen partial pressure impedance spectroscopy