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Polycrystalline materials of BaSn1-xSbxO3-delta and Ba1-yLaySnO3-delta
were prepared. Substitutional solubilities of antimony for tin and la
nthanum for barium, respectively, in BaSnO3 were obtained to be x=0.18
for BaSn1-xSbxO3-delta and y < 0.052 for Ba1-yLaySnO3-delta. The X-ra
y photoemission spectroscopy measurements showed the valence of antimo
ny and tin is mixed in our samples of BaSn1-xSbxO3-delta. At lower tem
perature, magnetic susceptibilities of BaSn1-xSbxO3-delta and Ba1-yLay
SnO3-delta satisfy the Curie law, indicating the existence of non-inte
racting localized electrons at the Sn4+ site, and forming a Sn4+ +e(-)
state in these systems. By substitution of antimony and lanthanum in
BaSnO3, the conductive properties are semiconductor-like. To explain t
his conductive behaviour, three types of mechanism were taken into con
sideration.