Microstructure and dielectric relaxor behavior of Ba(Zr 0.2Ti 0.8)O 3-(Ba 0.7Ca 0.3)TiO 3-BaBi 4Ti 4O 15 ceramics by tape casting

Bei Xu, Feng Gao, Xiao Cao, Liangliang Liu, Guoxin Hu

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Abstract

Plate-like BaBi 4Ti 4O 15 powders were used to fabricate 0.952[Ba(Zr 0.2Ti 0.8)O 3-(Ba 0.7Ca 0.3)TiO 3]-0.048 BaBi 4Ti 4O 15(abbr. BZCT-BBT) ceramics by tape casting. The microstructure and dielectric relaxor behaviors of BZCT-BBT ceramics were investigated. BZCT-BBT ceramics can be sintered well at 1,100 °C and mainly consisted of tetragonal perovskite phase and BaBi 4Ti 4O 15 (abbr. BBT) phase. The lattice constants decrease as the sintering temperature increases due to substitution of Bi 3+ for the A-site atoms of the perovskite structure. There is no obvious difference between the structure in the perpendicular and parallel directions, however, an evident difference of dielectric properties in the two directions is observed. Comparing with Ba(Zr 0.2Ti 0.8)O 3-(Ba 0.7Ca 0.3)-TiO 3(abbr. BZCT) ceramics, BZCT-BBT ceramics show obvious relaxor characteristics which are evidenced by the degree of diffuseness γ calculated using the modified Curie-Weiss law. Meanwhile, the addition of BBT decreases T m, which results from the decrease of grain size. The reduction of ε m is mainly caused by phase structure deviation from the coexisting rhombohedral and tetragonal structure to single tetragonal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1809-1816
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Volume23
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2012

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