Studies on the structure, optical, ac conduction mechanism by OLPT model and impedance spectroscopy of La-doped Ba2SnO4 Ruddlesden Popper Oxide

The conventional ceramic route has been used to prepare the La-doped Ba2SnO4 samples by heat-treatment at 1000oC and sintered at 1250oC. The phase identification was carried out using XRD and found to be single phase up to 4 atoms %. The solubility of La at Ba-site were further reconfirmed using FTIR and Raman analysis. The AC conductivity spectra of all samples follow universal Johnscher’s power law; however, the thermal dependence of suggest Arrhenius type conduction within the sample. Further, the scaled conductivity and frequency at all temperatures superimposes on a single master curve, indicates the invariance of conduction mechanism. The impedance spectroscopy studies suggest the major contribution of grain in the conduction and relaxation. The present material could be potentially used in semiconductor device, UV-detector, and mixed ionic and electronic conductor (MIECs) by utilizing absorption states and thermo-curves as metastable state.