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Lattice occupying sites and microwave dielectric properties of Mg2+–Si4+ co-doped MgxY3-xAl5-xSixO12 garnet typed ceramics

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In this study, MgxY3-xAl5-xSixO12 (x = 0–0.6) ceramics were prepared via a high-temperature solid state method. Mg2+ and Si4+ replacing Y3+ ions at A-site and Al3+ at C-site in garnet-type Y3Al5O12 (YAG) ceramics were designed to discuss the effects of crystal structure, microstructure on microwave dielectric properties for the first time. Liquid phase sintering induced by doping of Mg2+-Si4+, significantly decreased the sintering temperature and time for the densification of YAG ceramics. X-ray diffraction of the samples showed single phase for x ≤ 0.5, while a secondary phase of MgAl2O4 formed for x = 0.6. From the Rietveld analysis, a decrease in lattice dimensions, bond length and valence and rattling effect were observed, while Raman results showed a change in FWHM of the Eg mode. Based on these parameters, a structure–property relation was developed for MgxY3-xAl5-xSixO12 ceramics. Specially, Mg0.1Y2.9Al4.9Si0.1O12 showed a good set of microwave dielectric properties sintered at 1575 °C for 4 h with εr = 10.67, Q × f = 58,799 GHz, τf = -29.5 ppm/°C.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China under grant numbers: 51672063 and 52161145401, and the Program for Jiaxing Leading Innovative and Entrepreneurial Teams, and Project of Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant D20011), and the Guangdong Key Platform & Programs of the Education Department of Guangdong Province for funding under Grant No.2021ZDZX1003.

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  1. Hangzhou Dianzi University College of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Chen Li, Jiale Hou, Zijun Ye, Mingtao Ma, Guofa Wu, Kaixin Song, Tao Zhou, Minmin Mao, Bing Liu & Hadi Barzegar Bafrooei

  2. Department of Physics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, 23200, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Raz Muhammad

  3. Jiaxing Glead Electronics Co., LTD, Jiaxing, 314003, Zhejiang, China

    Aihua Li & Shaojin Luo

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Meybod University, 89616-99557, Yazd, Iran

    Hadi Barzegar Bafrooei

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    Ehsan Taheri-nassaj

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    Feng Shi

  7. School of Material Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China

    Shikuan Sun

  8. Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Electronic Materials, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Dawei Wang

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Li, C., Hou, J., Ye, Z. et al. Lattice occupying sites and microwave dielectric properties of Mg2+–Si4+ co-doped MgxY3-xAl5-xSixO12 garnet typed ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 2116–2124 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07417-w

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