Microstructures and electrical responses of pure and chromium-doped CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics

Qian Zheng, Huiqing Fan, Changbai Long

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Pure and chromium-doped CCTO (CaCu3Ti4O12) ceramics were prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method, and the effects of chromium doping on the microstructures and electrical properties of these ceramics were investigated. Efficient crystalline phase formation accompanied by dopant-induced lattice constant expansion was confirmed through X-ray diffraction studies. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results show that doping effectively enhanced grain growth or densification, which should increase the complex permittivity. The dielectric constant reached a value as high as 20,000 (at 1 kHz) at a chromium-doping concentration of 3%. The electrical relaxation and dc conductivity of the pure and chromium-doped CCTO ceramics were measured in the 300-500 K temperature range, and the electrical data were analyzed in the framework of the dielectric as well as the electric modulus formalisms. The obtained activation energy associated with the electrical relaxation, determined from the electric modulus spectra, was 0.50-0.60 eV, which was very close to the value of the activation energy for dc conductivity (0.50 ± 0.05 eV). These results suggest that the movement of oxygen vacancies at the grain boundaries is responsible for both the conduction and relaxation processes. The short-range hopping of oxygen vacancies as "polarons" is similar to the reorientation of the dipole and leads to dielectric relaxation. The proposed explanation of the electric properties of pure and chromium-doped CCTO ceramics is supported by the data from the impedance spectrum.

源语言英语
页(从-至)90-94
页数5
期刊Journal of Alloys and Compounds
511
1
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 15 1月 2012

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