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Abstract
Broadband dielectric spectroscopy studies of the two-phase composites, (1 – x) Co3O4 + x Co2TiO4, have been reported over a wide range of compositions (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) and temperatures (80 K ≤ T ≤ 573 K). Normal spinel Co3O4 and inverse spinel Co2TiO4 phases are well distinguishable with ∼4.6 % variation in the lattice parameter of the Co3O4 phase with an increase of x from 0 to x = 1. The ac-conductivity (σ) of this composite follows Johnscher's power law (∼Aωs) variation with frequency exponent factor ‘s’ both greater than as well as less than unity. The temperature dependence of ‘σ’ reveals the Arrhenius-like behavior instead of variable range hopping of charge carriers with activation energy in the 2–1800 meV range. Systematic analysis of such conductivity mechanisms for all the compositions is compared with the pristine Co3O4 system.
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Physica B: Condensed Matter comprises all condensed matter and material physics that involve theoretical, computational and experimental work.
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