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Journal of the European Ceramic Society 34 (2014) 1727–1732
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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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. 8. Polarisation–electric field P–E response for: (a) x = 0 and 0.05, (b)
x = 0.1–0.3.
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