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Journal of the European Ceramic Society 34 (2014) 1727–1732

Low variation in relative permittivity over the temperature range 25–450 ◦C


for ceramics in the system (1 − x)[Ba0.8Ca0.2TiO3]–x[Bi(Zn0.5Ti0.5)O3]
Aurang Zeb, Steven J. Milne ∗
Institute for Materials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Received 5 September 2013; received in revised form 4 December 2013; accepted 5 December 2013
Available online 18 January 2014

Abstract
The dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the ceramic system, (1 − x)Ba0.8 Ca0.2 TiO3 –xBi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 , were investigated for compositions
0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4. X-ray powder diffraction patterns indicated tetragonal symmetry at x ≤ 0.05, switching to pseudocubic at x ≥ 0.1, with a single-phase
solid solution limit at 0.2 < x < 0.3. The x = 0 and 0.05 samples were ferroelectric; a change to relaxor behaviour occurred at x ≥ 0.1, with broad
frequency dependent peaks in plots of relative permittivity versus temperature. A significant reduction in the temperature dependence of relative
permittivity occurred at x = 0.3, with εr = 1030 ± 15% over the temperature range ∼25–425 ◦ C, and loss tangent, tan δ ≤ 0.01 from 110 ◦ C to 420 ◦ C.
The dc resistivity values for x = 0.3 were ∼109  m at 300 ◦ C and ∼106  m at 450 ◦ C.
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Keywords: Temperature stable dielectrics; Relaxors; Piezoelectrics

1. Introduction allied to high dc resistivity in a low cost material based on


Ba0.8 Ca0.2 TiO3 –Bi(Mg0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 .10 There are conflicting
There is a growing demand for dielectric materials with high reports as to the effect of Ca on the temperature of the Curie
and temperature stable relative permittivity at elevated temper- peak of BaTiO3 12,13 ; but it is widely reported that Ca substitu-
atures, >200 ◦ C for use in capacitors for electronic systems for tion decreases the temperature of the tetragonal–orthorhombic
deep-well drilling and aerospace applications.1–5 There are also transition.
applications in hybrid and electric vehicle power systems but In this paper, solid solution formation and elec-
here the demands are less severe, with an upper working tem- tric properties of compositions in the perovskite series,
perature ≤200 ◦ C, and a lower limit of −55 ◦ C.6–9 A number of Ba0.8 Ca0.2 TiO3 –Bi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 , are reported.
ceramic dielectric compositions have been developed in recent
years with promising properties at >200 ◦ C.2–7,10 These include 2. Experimental procedure
Bi0.5 Na0.5 TiO3 –BaTiO3 – K0.5 Na0.5 NbO3 ,2 Bi0.5 Na0.5 TiO3 –
BaTiO3 –CaZrO3 ,4 Ba0.8 Ca0.8 TiO3 –Bi(Mg0.5 Ti0.5 )–NaNbO3 ,5 Ceramics of (1 − x)Ba0.8 Ca0.2 TiO3 –xBi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 for
BaTiO3 –Bi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 –BiScO3 BaTiO3 –Bi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 – compositions x ≤ 0.4, abbreviated BCT–BZT, were prepared by
BiScO3 ,7 and BaTiO3 –BiFeO3 –BiYbO3 .11 The optimum a conventional solid state processing route. The starting pow-
composition in the BaTiO3 –Bi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 –BiScO3 system ders were: BaCO3 (Alpha Aesar, 99%, Ward Hill, MA), Bi2 O3
exhibits relatively stable dielectric properties from ≤100 ◦ C (Alpha Aesar, 99%, Ward Hill, MA), CaCO3 (Sigma Aldrich,
to 450 ◦ C, but has the disadvantage of containing ∼10 wt% of 99% purity, St. Louis, MO), TiO2 (Sigma Aldrich, 99.9%) and
very costly Sc2 O3 . In this laboratory we have demonstrated ZnO (Sigma Aldrich, 99.9%). The powders, after drying at
similar levels of temperature stability in relative permittivity 250 ◦ C overnight and cooling to room temperature in a desicca-
to BaTiO3 –Bi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 –BiScO3 , from ∼45 ◦ C to 550 ◦ C, tor were weighed according to stoichiometric ratios, followed
by ball milling in isopropanol for 24 h. After sieving through a
300 ␮m mesh sieve, the dried slurries were calcined at 900 ◦ C
∗ Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 0113 343 2539; fax: +44 0113 343 2384. for 3 h in closed alumina crucibles with heating and cooling
E-mail address: s.j.milne@leeds.ac.uk (S.J. Milne). ramp rate of 300 ◦ C/h. The calcined powders were milled again

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Fig. 2. Unit cell lattice parameters as function of BZT content, x.


Fig. 1. XRD patterns for solid solution of (1 − x)BCT–xBZT ceramic system
for x = 0–0.4. (1 − x)Ba0.8 Ca0.2 TiO3 –xBi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 , x = 0–0.4. A
secondary phase corresponding to the pattern of CaTi4 Bi4 O15 14
for 24 h, and 1 wt% binder was added (Ciba Glascol HA4: Ciba first appeared at x = 0.34, increasing in proportion at x = 0.4
Speciality Chemicals, Bradford, UK). The powders were com- indicating a (1 − x)BCT–xBZT solid solution limit at x ∼ 0.3.
pacted uniaxially into pellets 10 mm in diameter and 1.5 mm in It is evident from the splitting of, for example the {1 0 0} and
thickness in a steel die at a pressure of 65 MPa. The pellets were {2 0 0} peaks, that x = 0 and x = 0.05 samples show tetragonal
sintered for 6 h at temperatures of 1400 ◦ C, 1270 ◦ C, 1220 ◦ C, symmetry, with a slight decrease in tetragonal distortion
1160 ◦ C 1130 ◦ C, 1100 ◦ C and 1050 ◦ C for x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, between x = 0 and 0.05: a = 3.948 Å, c = 3.996 Å, c/a = 1.012 for
0.3, 0.34 and 0.4 respectively in closed alumina crucibles sur- x = 0, whilst at x = 0.05, a = 3.962 Å, c = 3.996 Å and c/a = 1.008
rounded by an ‘atmosphere’ powder of the same composition. (Fig. 2). Compositions x ≥ 0.1 were cubic or pseudocubic,
For phase analysis, sintered pellets were crushed into powders with little change in cubic lattice parameter with increasing x
which were analysed using an X-ray powder diffractrometer (Fig. 2).
(Bruker D8, Cu, K␣ ∼1.5406 Å, Karlsruhe, Germany); scan The ceramic compositions exhibit relative densities between
speed, 1◦ /min. Lattice parameters were calculated using the 90 and 94% of theoretical. Microstructural analysis revealed that
least squares refinement method. The geometrical densities were the incorporation of BZT led to a decrease in grain size from an
measured on at least three pellets of each composition. For calcu- average ∼7 ␮m for x = 0 (BCT) to ∼3 ␮m at x = 0.3. Although
lation of relative density, geometrical densities of ceramic pellets XRD did not detect secondary phase in x = 0.3, the backscattered
were compared with the theoretical density calculated from lat- electron image (Fig. 3) revealed a minor component of secondary
tice parameters and cell contents. For measurement of electrical phase (dark contrast grains) inferring the solid solution limit lay
properties, the sintered samples were ground and polished to a between x = 0.2 and 0.3.
thickness of ∼1 mm; silver paste (Agar Scientific) was applied to The relative permittivity εr and dielectric loss tangent,
opposite parallel faces and coated pellets were fired in a furnace tan δ, are plotted as a function of temperature at various
at 550 ◦ C for 10 min to form the electrodes. The dielectric rel-
ative permittivity and loss tangent were recorded as a function
of temperature by using an impedance analyzer (HP Agilent,
4192A Hewlett Packard, Santa Clara, CA) in the temperature
range of 25–600 ◦ C. The values of dc resistance were recorded as
a function of temperature in the range of 250–550 ◦ C at a fixed dc
voltage of 80 V, using a Keithley 617 programmable electrome-
ter (Cleveland, OH). Polarisation and strain–field response were
measured by using a LC precision analyzer (Radiant Technolo-
gies Inc., Albuquerque, NM). Microstructural analyses were
performed on polished, chemically etched samples using scan-
ning electron microscopy (Leo 1530, Gemini; Zeiss, Wetzlar,
Germany).

3. Results and discussion


Fig. 3. SEM backscattered electron image for x = 0.3, highlighting a region of
Fig. 1 shows the perovskite XRD pat- the sample containing darker contrast grains (arrowed), inferring a small amount
terns for powders of crushed sintered pellets of of secondary phase in the sample.
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Fig. 4. Relative permittivity and tan δ versus temperature at frequencies 1 kHz–1 MHz for: (a) x = 0; (b) x = 0.05; (c) x = 0.1; and (d) x = 0.3 ceramics.

frequencies (1 kHz–1 MHz) in Fig. 4. Composition x = 0 exhibits 0.58 eV in the low and 0.79 eV in the high temperature region.
a reasonably sharp Curie peak, typical of a normal ferroelec- Both values fall in the range normally expected from oxygen ion
tric with Curie point, Tc ∼ 130 ◦ C in the range reported for migration in perovskites,15–18 thus the discontinuity most prob-
BCT at this composition, 20 mol% Ca. A change to a broad ably signifies a change in carrier concentration/mobility, rather
peak, with little evidence of frequency dispersion, and peak than a difference in charge carrier type. For x = 0.3, there was
temperature ∼100 ◦ C occurs at x = 0.05. The system transforms no discontinuity, with Ea being 0.79 eV across the temperature
to a typical relaxor at x ≥ 0.1, with relative permittivity plots range measured. Values of dc resistivity range from ∼109  m
showing strong frequency dependent εrmax temperatures, Tm . at 300 ◦ C to 106  m at 450 ◦ C for x = 0.3 (Fig. 6).
Values of Tm (1 kHz) increase from 25 ◦ C for x = 0.1 to 90 ◦ C
for x = 0.3; values of εrmax decrease from ∼2300 at x = 0.1
to ∼1180 at x = 0.3 (the limit of the single phase solid solu-
tion) (Fig. 5). The temperature dependence of εr at T > Tm
becomes less severe as the fractional substitution of Bi3+ and
Zn2+ increases. At x = 0.3, εr = 1030 ± 15% over the temperature
range ≤25–425 ◦ C. Negative values of tan δ occurred at inter-
mediate measurement temperatures for frequencies >100 kHz,
attributed to inductive effects associated with instrumental fac-
tors. Low dielectric loss and high dc resistivity are important
parameters for proposed capacitor applications. For composi-
tion x = 0.3, tan δ ≤ 0.025 over the temperature range 85–460 ◦ C;
tan δ ≤ 0.01 over the range 110–420 ◦ C. Values of dc resistivity
measured at fixed voltage of ∼80 V (pellet thickness ∼1 mm)
for x = 0.2 and x = 0.3 are plotted as a function of tempera-
ture in Fig. 6. For x = 0.2, a discontinuity occurred at ∼325 ◦ C;
activation energies, Ea , from corresponding conductivities were Fig. 5. Values of Tm and εrmax as a function of BZT content x.
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Fig. 6. Logarithmic plot of dc resistivity versus inverse of absolute temperature


(1000/T) measured at 80 V/mm for x = 0.2 and x = 0.3 ceramics.

Curie–Weiss analysis (Eq. (1))19 confirmed typical ferroelec-


tric behaviour for x = 0 and x = 0.05 with a linear fit to plots of
εr −1 versus T at T > Tc , and Tc ∼ To (Fig. 7):
C
εr = (1)
T − To

Fig. 8. Polarisation–electric field P–E response for: (a) x = 0 and 0.05, (b)
x = 0.1–0.3.

where C is the Curie–Weiss constant; To is the Curie–Weiss tem-


perature. An alternative expression of the Curie–Weiss law has
proved popular for analysing ferroelectric and relaxor materials
(Eq. (2))17,19 :
1 1 (T − Tεrmax )γ
− = (2)
εr εrmax C
For an ideal ferroelectric, the γ coefficient is equal to unity,
increasing to ∼2 for a typical relaxor.20–22 The experimental
data for BCT–BZT are plotted in Fig. 7: values of γ increased
from γ = 1.28 at x = 0 to γ = 1.60–1.88 for the compositions
x = 0.1–0.3. The intercept of plots of log(1/εr – 1/εrmax ) versus
og(T − Tm ), Fig. 7b, is a measure of the diffuseness of the peak
in εr vs T, and in this context directly reflects the change in
temperature stability d(εr )/dT at T > Tm .
The polarisation–electric field data for the BCT–BZT sys-
tem are shown in Fig. 8. The compositions x = 0 and x = 0.05
exhibit typical ferroelectric hysteresis loops. For x = 0, remnant
polarisation, Pr ∼ 11 ␮C/cm2 and coercive field, Ec ∼ 8 kV/cm.
At x = 0.05 the hysteresis loops become broader, Pr decreases
slightly to 10 ␮C/cm2 and Ec increases to ∼16 kV/cm indicating
less facile ferroelectric domain switching. Further increases to
Fig. 7. (a) Inverse of relative permittivity (1/εr ) as a function of temperature for the BZT content eliminate ferroelectric properties, with a change
x = 0–0.3 and (b) values of log(1/εr − 1/εrmax ) versus log(T − Tm ) for x = 0–0.3, to a low loss dielectric material and a narrowing of P–E loops
symbols represent the experimental data and solid lines the degree of fit. from x = 0.1 to 0.3.
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x = 0.3 are comparable to 0.8BaTiO3 –0.2BiScO3 but offers the


advantage of avoiding costly Sc2 O3 24 ; a comprehensive com-
parison of the properties of other high temperature perovskite
dielectrics is available in Ref. 10

4. Conclusions

Electrical properties of the solid solution


(1 − x)Ba0.8 Ca0.2 TiO3 –xBi(Zn0.5 Ti0.5 )O3 have been stud-
ied. The solid solution limit occurred at x ≤ 0.3. Dielectric
measurements revealed a change from normal ferroelectric to
relaxor behaviour at x ≥ 0.1. Values of εr peak temperature
decreased from ∼130 ◦ C at x = 0 to ∼25 ◦ C at x = 0.1 and then
increased to 90 ◦ C at x = 0.3. Polarisation–electric field measure-
ment showed normal ferroelectric behaviour in x = 0 and 0.05
Fig. 9. Bipolar strain–field response for x = 0–0.3 ceramics.
samples, with Pr ∼ 11 ␮C/cm2 at x = 0, and Pr ∼ 10 ␮C/cm2
for x = 0.05 samples; Ec increased from 8 kV/cm at x = 0 to
16 kV/cm at x = 0.05. Compositions 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.3 were relaxor
Fig. 9 shows the bipolar strain–electric field response for dielectrics. Stability in values of relative permittivity over a
compositions x ≤ 0.3 measured at room temperature. For x = 0 wide temperature range was demonstrated for x = 0.3, with
and 0.05, the strain–field curves exhibit butterfly loops and εr = 1030 ± 15% over the temperature range ≤25–425 ◦ C, and
negative strains consistent with a piezoelectric material. Other tan δ ≤ 0.01 from 110 ◦ C to 420 ◦ C. The dc resistivity ranged
samples are electrostrictive. The maximum strains measured from ∼109  m at 300 ◦ C to ∼106  m at 450 ◦ C.
at 50 kV/cm are 0.12% for x = 0, and 0.10% for x = 0.05, with
effective high-field d33∗ ∼300 pC/N for x = 0, and ∼180 pC/N for
Acknowledgements
x = 0.05. The piezoelectric charge coefficient, d33 measured by
the Berlincourt technique after poling at ∼6.5 kV/mm for 20 min A. Zeb wishes to thank the Government of Pakistan (HEC and
in silicon oil at temperature of 50 ◦ C, is 90 pC/N for x = 0 and Islamia College Peshawar, Chartered University) for providing
66 pC/N for x = 0.05. scholarship. The authors wish to thank A. Qasir for advice with
According to the presumed solid solution mechanism: electrical measurements.
[(Ba0.8 Ca0.2 )1−x Bix ][Ti1−0.5x Zn0.5x ]O3 the changeover with
increasing x from a ferroelectric to a relaxor is consistent with
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