Electrical transport properties of single-crystalline Mn–Zn ferrous ferrite

Abstract

Electrical transport properties, electrical conductivity, and thermoelectric power of a single-crystalline Mn0.45Zn0.43Fe2.12O4 were measured as functions of temperature in the range of 25 to 1000 °C. According to the small polaron hopping model, the values of the activation energy for small polaron hopping (EH) were obtained from the conductivity data in three different temperature regions: 0.032 eV for T < TC, 0.12 eV for TC < T < 600 °C, and 0.25 eV for 600 °C < T < 1000 °C. The behavior of conductivity and thermoelectric power data above TC is discussed in connection with cation redistribution.