Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2012, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (8): 887-890.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2012.12130

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Investigation on Oxygen Resistance Properties of RBaCo2O5+δ Ceramics

SONG Hong-Zhang1, QIN Zhen2, GAO Feng1, JIA Jian-Feng1, YANG De-Lin1, HU Xing1   

  1. (1. Key Laboratory of Material Physics of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China; 2. College of Mathematics and Information Science, North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450011, China)
  • Received:2012-03-05 Revised:2012-04-05 Published:2012-08-20 Online:2012-07-09
  • Supported by:

    Natural Science Research Project of Education Committee of Henan Province (2011B430021)

Abstract: RBaCo2O5+δ (R=Y, Dy, Gd, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Eu) ceramics were synthesized by the solid-state reaction method. Their resistivities depending on temperature were investigated by the standard four-probe method from room temperature to 600℃. At low temperature, all the resistivities decrease with the rising temperature, and exhibit semiconducting behavior. After the resistivities reach minimum values at certain temperatures, they increase slowly with temperature, and exhibit semimetal conducting behavior. Especially, the resistivity variations of RBaCo2O5+δ samples with the change of atmosphere at constant temperatures are studied. The results show that RBaCo2O5+δ could be potential oxygen resistance sensor materials, and that the responding rates of RBaCo2O5+δ are YBaCo2O5+δ > DyBaCo2O5+δ > GdBaCo2O5+δ > PrBaCo2O5+δ > NdBaCo2O5+δ > SmBaCo2O5+δ > EuBaCo2O5+δ. For YBaCo2O5+δ, the resistivity rises quickly due to the oxygen desorption when the atmosphere is switched from oxygen to nitrogen at 700℃, and reaches its maximum equilibrium value within 90 s. In addition, the resistivity drops drastically due to the oxygen adsorption when the nitrogen atmosphere is switched to oxygen, and reaches its minimum equilibrium value within 30 s.

Key words: RBaCo2O5+δ ceramics, surrounding oxygen pressure, varistors, sensors

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