Specific features of charge relaxation in the solid solution of barium titanate stannate in the presence of a constant electric field

Abstract

The electric properties of ceramic barium titanate stannate modified with chromium oxide are examined via impedance spectroscopy at frequencies ranging from 100 Hz to 1 MHz and in the temperature interval of 300–550 K. In order to reveal specific electrophysical features of polycrystalline samples that contain crystallites (interior regions of grains) and grain boundaries, a constant electric field that facilitates the accumulation of spatial charge near structural inhomogeneities is applied to the electrodes. The experimental results are interpreted using the Maxwell–Wagner double-layer capacitor model and the Schottky barrier model.