Electrical properties of sol-gel derived films containing composites of glass-ceramics and nanocrystalline silver

Kundu, T. K. ; Chakravorty, D. (1996) Electrical properties of sol-gel derived films containing composites of glass-ceramics and nanocrystalline silver Journal of Materials Research, 11 (1). pp. 200-203. ISSN 0884-2914

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Abstract

Sol-gel-derived films containing BaTiO3 crystallites have been grown on suitable substrates using a precursor composition in the system Li2O-BaO-TiO2. Silver particles of diameters in the range 4.9 to 16.2 nm have been synthesized within these films by ion exchange and reduction technique. Electrical resistivities are found to vary from ~102 to 105 ohm-cm, depending on the silver particle diameter. A low activation energy, approximately a few millielectron volts, is found to characterize the electrical properties of most of the samples. A quantum size effect is invoked to explain the results.

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