Effect of sintering temperature on phase structure, microstructure, and electrical properties of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO 3-(Ba0.6Sr0.4)0.7Bi 0.2TiO3 lead-free ceramics

Hualei Cheng, Wancheng Zhou, Hongliang Du, Fa Luo, Dongmei Zhu, Boxi Xu

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Abstract

Lead-free 0.98(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-0.02(Ba 0.6Sr0.4)0.7Bi0.2TiO3 (abbreviated as 0.98KNN-0.02BSBT) ceramics were prepared by the conventional solid-state sintering method. Effect of sintering temperature on 0.98KNN-0.02BSBT ceramics was systematically investigated. The frequency dependent dielectric permittivities show that the ceramics sintered at different temperatures are indeed "relaxor-like" ferroelectric ceramics, which possess a diffuse phase transition without a strong frequency dispersion of dielectric permittivity. The diffuseness parameter γ, the comparison of the relaxor behavior based on empirical parameters (ΔT diffuse) and the slimmer P-E hysteresis loops confirm that the "relaxor-like" characteristics of the ceramics are strengthened with increasing sintering temperature. At the optimum sintering temperature, the dielectric permittivity maximum (E∈ max) has a value of approximately 2795 (at 1 KHz), tan δ is lower than 2.5 % and the diffuseness parameter γ = 1.68 at a broad usage temperature range (150-350 C), which indicate its potential application in high temperature multilayer ceramics capacitor field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1824-1831
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Materials Science
Volume49
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2014

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