This study presents the synthesis of nano-oxide-added Ag/Pd powders and its properties tolerable at temperatures above 1100°C for an electrode material utilized in multilayer ceramic devices. The powders of xAg/yPd powder around core cell TiO 2 were formed in a co-precipitation process of Ag and Pd in nano-oxide-dispersed solution, where Ag and Pd precursors are melted in HNO 3 acid. Reaction between ceramic and electrode layers with nanoparticle oxide powder allows internal stress to reduce and mechanical bonding strength to increase due to anchor effect. The densification of the nano-oxide-added electrode paste followed the TiO 2 solid state diffusion-controlled mechanism upon sintering process. The mechanical bonding strength and electrical conductivity were measured after sintering the electrode-printed sheets. As a result, very high adhesive strength over the piezoelectric ceramics' fracture strength and good electrical conductivity of more than 104/Ωcm could be obtained in the multilayer ferroelectric structure which is a form of stacking ceramics layer and electrode layer containing nanoparticles.
Frequency dependent polarizability of small metallic grains
