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Impedance spectroscopy analysis of Li2SnO3

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In this work, Li2SnO3 has been synthesized by the sol–gel method using acetates of lithium and tin. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) has been applied to the precursor of Li2SnO3 to determine the suitable calcination temperature. The formation of the compound calcined at 800 °C for 9 h has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The Li2SnO3 is then pelletized and electrically characterized by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in the frequency range from 50 Hz to 1 MHz. The complex impedance spectra clearly show the dominating presence of the grain boundary effect on electrical properties whereas the complex modulus plots reveal two semicircles which are due to the grain (bulk) and grain boundary. The spectra of imaginary parts of both impedance and modulus versus frequency show the existence of peaks with the modulus plots exhibiting two peaks that are ascribed to the grain and grain boundary of the material. The peak maximum shifts to higher frequency with an increase in temperature and the broad nature of the peaks indicates the non-Debye nature of Li2SnO3. The activation energy associated with the dielectric relaxation obtained from the electrical impedance spectra is 0.67 eV. From the electric modulus spectra, the activation energies related to conductivity relaxation in the grain and grain boundary of Li2SnO3 are 0.59 and 0.69 eV, respectively. The conductivity–temperature relationship is thermally assisted and obeys the Arrhenius rule with the activation energy of 0.66 eV. The conduction mechanism of Li2SnO3 is via hopping.

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This work is financially supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) of Malaysia (Nanofund grant no: 53-02-03-1089 and Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) grant no: FP019-2014B).

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Teo, L. Impedance spectroscopy analysis of Li2SnO3 . Ionics 23, 309–317 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1899-3

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