Influence of oxygen adsorption and diffusion on the overlapping of intergranular potential barriers in SnO2 thick-films

M.A. PONCE; M.S. CASTRO; C.M. ALDAO

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

Año: 2004 vol. 111 p. 14 - 19

0921-5107

Complex impedance analysis and transient response studies in SnO2 thick films show the impedance dependence on gaseous environment and temperature. Possible mechanisms responsible for the found behavior are proposed. The influence of temperature on the oxygen diffusion into the grains annihilating oxygen vacancies was detected. In particular, we found the transition from having bulk regions unaffected by surface phenomena to the overlapping of potential barriers due to an oxidizing gas.