Electrical transport in lead-free (Na0.5Bi0.5)1–xSrxTiO3 ceramics (x = 0, 0.01 and 0.02)

Lead-free (Na0.5Bi0.5)(1x)SrxTiO3 (x = 0, 0.01 and 0.02) ceramics were manufactured through a solid-state mixed oxide method and their ac (sigma(ac)) and dc (sigma(ac)) electric conductivity were studied. It is shown that the low-frequency (100 Hz-1 MHz) ac conductivity obeys a power law sigma(ac) similar to omega(s) characteristic for disordered materials. Both the dc and ac conductivities have thermally activated character and possess linear parts with different activation energies. The calculated activation energies are attributed to different mechanism of conductivity. Frequency dependence of sdc and exponent s is reasonably interpreted by a correlated barrier hopping model. The NBT-ST system is expected to be a new promising candidate for lead-free electronic materials.