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Structure evolutions with enhanced dielectric permittivity and ferroelectric properties of Ba(1−x)(La, Li)xTiO3 ceramics

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Abstract

Polycrystalline Ba(1−x)(La0.50Li0.50)xTiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.12) ceramics are fabricated via the solid-state reaction technique to analyze their structure, excellent dielectric permittivity, and ferro/piezoelectric characteristics systematically. Powder x-ray diffraction has revealed the pure polycrystalline tetragonal symmetry for x ≤ 0.09 compositions. Rietveld refinement analysis has revealed the structure having a reducing tetragonality with increasing composition. A dense and compact ceramic with many grains having different size distributions has been perceived. The substitution of Li and La ions in BaTiO3 unit cell lattice has increased the ambient temperature dielectric permittivity with reduced loss tangent from ~ 2000, ~ 0.019 (for x = 0) to ~ 5166, ~ 0.002 (for x = 0.09) at 1 MHz frequency. In addition, a high bipolar strain ~ 0.24% for x = 0.03 is obtained. The increase of dielectric permittivity with reduced loss tangent might be applicable for capacitor applications at ambient conditions.

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This work has been supported by the National Key Research and Development Project (2020YFC1521900 and 2020YFC1521904), the National Nature Science Foundation (51902259), the 111 Program (B08040) of MOE, the SKLSP Project (2019-TZ-04), and the Open-end Fund of International Joint Research Laboratory of Henan Province for Underground Space Development and Disaster Prevention, Henan Polytechnic University, China. We would also like to thank the Analytical & Testing Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University for SEM, TEM, AFM, Raman, and XRD test.

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    Arun Kumar Yadav, Huiqing Fan, Benben Yan & Weijia Wang

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    Huiqing Fan & Wenqiang Dong

  3. International Joint Research Laboratory of Henan Province for Underground Space Development and Disaster Prevention, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454001, China

    Huiqing Fan & Shuren Wang

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Yadav, A.K., Fan, H., Yan, B. et al. Structure evolutions with enhanced dielectric permittivity and ferroelectric properties of Ba(1−x)(La, Li)xTiO3 ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 23103–23115 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06793-7

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