Microstructure and dielectric properties of dysprosium-doped barium titanate ceramics

• Autor(a) principal: Pu,Y.
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Outros Autores: Chen,W., Chen,S., Langhammer,Hans T.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Cerâmica (São Paulo. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-69132005000300007
• topic: dysprosium doping; microstructure and properties; barium titanate ceramic

The substitution behavior and lattice parameter of barium titanate between solid_solubility with a dopant concentration in the range of 0.25 to 1.5 mol% are studied. The influences of dysprosium-doped fraction on the grain size and dielectric properties of barium titanate ceramic, including dielectric constant and breakdown electric field strength, are investigated via scanning electronic microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electric property tester. The results show that, at a dysprosium concentration of 0.75 mol%, the abnormal grain growth is inhibited and the lattice parameters of grain rise up to the maximum because of the lowest vacancy concentration. In addition, the finegrain and high density of barium titanate ceramic result in its excellent dielectric properties. The relative dielectric constant (25 °C) reaches to 4100. The temperature coefficient of the capacitance varies from -10 to 10% within the temperature range of -15 °C -100 °C, and the breakdown electric field strength (alternating current) achieves 3.2 kV/mm. These data suggest that our barium titanate could be used in the manufacture of high voltage ceramic capacitors.