Single phase polycrystalline with = 0, 0.01 and 0.02 were synthesized by conventional solid state reaction method. The X-ray diffraction shows that the ceramic samples has hexagonal Wurtzite structure with a space group of p63mc and average crystallite size in the range 52 - 88 nm. The dielectric and electrical properties were studied within the temperature range 30 °C to 500 °C under air atmosphere as function of frequency (10 kHz). The electrical properties of grain interior and grain boundary have been studied by using the impedance spectroscopy and follow the non-Debye relaxation process. It was observed that the AC conductivity of ceramic samples following the Universal power law within the frequency range 1kHz to 1 MHz. The activation energy of Pure is 0.29 eV was calculated by using the Arrhenius-relation with in temperature range 300 - 500 °C, which is increased to (0.40 eV ) when = 0.02 of at 10 kHz . The peaks attributed at 1415 cm-1 () and 1413 cm-1 () in FT-IR measurement of are due to Ca-O stretching from the calcite phase of CaCO3, which is not observed in Pure ZnO confirms the presence of Ca in ZnO lattice. Keywords: , FT-IR, Impedance spectroscopy, ac conductivity, Dielectric constant.
Possibility of controlling the conduction mechanism by choosing a specific doping element in a praseodymium manganite system
