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ABSTRACT
In this study, (Bi2O3)1−x−y(Sm2O3)x(CeO2)y ternary system was synthesized by using solid-state reaction method. Structural, morphological, thermal and electrical properties of the samples were evaluated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, thermo gravimetry/differential thermal analyzer and four-probe method. The XRD measurement results indicated that the samples (x = 10–15, y = 5–10–15–20) had cubic δ-phase crystallographic structure. The phase stability of the samples was checked by the differential thermal analyzer measurements, which indicates most of the samples have stable δ-Bi2O3 phase. The electrical conductivity measurement results showed that the electrical conductivity increased with mol% CeO2 molar ratio at a fixed molar ratio of Sm2O3. The highest electrical conductivity obtained for the (Bi2O3)0.65(Sm2O3)0.15(CeO2)0.20 system was 1.55 × 10−2 (Ω.cm)−1 at 600 °C. The activation energies were also calculated at low temperature range (350–650 °C) which vary from 1.1325 to 1.4460 eV and at high temperature (above 650 °C) which vary from 0.4813 to 1.1071 eV.
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