Dielectric and Electric Properties of Ba0.996La0.004Ti0.999O3 Ceramics Doped with Europium and Hafnium Ions

Lanthanum-modified BaTiO3 electroceramic materials have superior dielectric and piezoelectric properties. Ba0.996La0.004Ti0.999O3 (BLT4) seems to be a serious candidate for ultracondensator applications. This manuscript describes the results of hafnium and europium modification of BLT 4 ceramics. The pure and doped ceramic materials were synthesized by the conventional mixed oxide method. The microstructure of obtained samples was examined by scanning electron microscope. The investigations reveal strong correlations between the presence of admixture and the grain size, which was especially visible in the case of the hafnium dopant. The frequency and temperature dielectric characteristics measurements revealed a decrease in electric permittivity. Moreover, the impedance spectroscopy investigations showed severe changes in grains and grain-boundary resistivity, which was connected with changes in electric conductivity.

Effects of B2O3 doping on the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of (K,Na,Li)NbO3-BaZrO3-(Bi,Na)TiO3 ceramics

(K,Na,Li)NbO3-BaZrO3-(Bi,Na)TiO3-x B2O3 (abbreviated as KNLN-BZ-BNT-x B2O3) ceramics were prepared by conventional solid state reaction method. The effects of B2O3 content on dielectric and piezoelectric properties of the KNLN-BZ-BNT ceramics have been studied. Based on the identification by X-ray diffraction (XRD), all the samples show a two-phase coexistence zone consisting of rhombohedral (R) and tetragonal (T) phases. For the ceramics with x = 0.5 wt%, the sintering temperature was observed to reduce from 1200 oC to 940 oC, while the samples maintained a high relative density around 97%. Because of the high densification and large grain size, the dielectric and piezoelectric properties were improved. As a result, the ceramics with x = 0.5 wt% sintered at 940 oC exhibited good properties of d 33 = 197 pC/N, k p= 0.29, tan δ = 0.029 and ε r = 1889, together with a Curie temperature (T C) of 222 oC.

Effect of lithium carbonate modification on the ferroelectric phase transition diffusion in lead ferroniobate ceramics

The paper discusses the features of the effect of modification with lithium carbonate on the dielectric dispersion of lead ferroniobate ceramics. The modifier has been previously shown to change the ways of the recrystallization sintering and therefore reduce the sintering temperature of the ceramics, increase their average grain size, and improve their dielectric and piezoelectric properties. In this study, the emphasis is placed on the analysis of the diffusion effects of the ferroelectric phase transition upon such modification considered from the standpoint of the chemical specifics of the modifier and its location in the structure of the parent compound.

Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of modified lead-free NaNbO3–KNbO3/PVDF composite ceramics

This work presents the results of study of the electrophysical properties of composite polymer ceramics (1[Formula: see text][KNN-LTSN]–[Formula: see text]PVDF at [Formula: see text] = 25 vol.% and [Formula: see text]= 50 vol.% in the temperature range of [Formula: see text] = 20–160[Formula: see text]C and frequency range of [Formula: see text] = 2 × 101–2 × 106 Hz. The concentration dependence of piezomodules of the studied materials has been analyzed as a function of temperature. X-ray measurements have also been carried out. A model of description of revealed dielectric parameters dispersion in the material is presented. The nonclassical modified Havriliak–Negami model written for complex electrical conductivity has been used to describe the temperature–frequency properties. It is shown that the dielectric spectra of the studied composites include three relaxation processes in the temperature ranges of 40–80[Formula: see text]C, 80–120[Formula: see text]C and 120–150 [Formula: see text]C, which were confirmed by the dynamics of changes in the dependences of [Formula: see text], tg[Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]([Formula: see text]) and [Formula: see text]([Formula: see text]. All three processes are almost exactly described by this model and well correlated with the studies by other researchers of the composites based on PVDF. The results of this work show that the use of such experimental model is suitable for describing the complex dielectric spectra of any nonlinear dielectrics including composite materials.