Formation and Properties of the BSTN Composite Ceramics with Perovskite and Tungsten Bronze Phases

Abstract

Abstract: Special compositions of Ba_0.7Sr_0.3·(1-y)TiO₃·yNb₂O₅ were designed for preparing the BSTN system by the traditional ceramic method. The composite ceramics in which
the two phases of the perovskite (BST) and the tungsten bronze (SBN) coexist were successfully prepared by this composition controlled in the excessiveness of some components. XRD and LCR
were used to measure the structure and dielectric constants of the composite ceramics. It is found that, in the perovskite (BST) structured system of BSTN ceramics, the second phase SBN starts to
appear when the excessive content of Nb₂O₅ is up to about 6mol%. Similarly, in the tungsten bronze (SBN) structured system, the second phase of BST can also begin to form while the excessive
content of (BaO+SrO) is up to about 11mol%. However, both the perovskite and the tungsten bronze phases formed in a system exhibit the different minorities of Nb₂O₅ and TiO₂ solved respectively
with changing the excessiveness. Especially in the case of the two phases being equivalent to each other in BSTN composite ceramics, Nb₂O₅ is hardly to be solved into the perovskite phase
due to shortage of Nb₂O₅ and excessiveness of TiO₂ in composition. However, a few of TiO₂ is easily to be solved in the tungsten bronze phase due to excessiveness of TiO₂.There
is a dual characteristic shown by the perovskite phase and the tungsten bronze phase in temperature dependence curve of dielectric constant in the BSTN. The Curie temperature of the tungsten bronze
phase decreases with the increase in solubility of TiO₂ in the phase structure. Conversely, the Curie temperature increases with increasing perovskite phase due to the primary effect of the tungsten
bronze phase being restricted by a lot of perovskite. The lowest transition temperature between ferroelectric and paraelectric phases in the BSTN is at about 200℃ and it is 90℃ lower than that
of the SBN without TiO₂ solved in the present work.

Key words: BSTN composite ceramics, the perovskite phase, the tungsten bronze phase, excessive components control

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ZHOU Zong-Hui,DU Pi-Yi,WENG Wen-Jian,HAN Gao-Rong,SHEN Ge. Formation and Properties of the BSTN Composite Ceramics with Perovskite and Tungsten Bronze Phases[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials.

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