Improved microstructure, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of microwave-sintered Sr0.5Ba0.5Nb2O6 |
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Authors: | P.K. Patro A.R. Kulkarni S.M. Gupta C.S. Harendranath |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India bLaser Materials Development and Devices Divison, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, India cSophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India |
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Abstract: | Ferroelectric strontium barium niobate (SBN) powder was synthesized by solid-state route. The green compacts were sintered in the temperature range 1250–1350 °C in a microwave furnace. The microstructural study, using SEM, revealed the grain size in the range 2–20 μm without microcracks, depending on the sintering temperature. This is in contrast to that obtained conventionally for sintered SBN powder synthesized by solid-state route, which resulted in duplex microstructure with microcracks [N.S. VanDamme, A.E. Sutherland, L. Jones, K. Bridger, S.R. Winzer, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 74 (1991) 1785; P.K. Patro, A.R. Kulkarni, C.S. Harendranath, Ceram. Int. 30 (2004) 1405; P.K. Patro, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals 59 (2006) 229]. Impedance analyzer and ferroelectric hysteresis loop tracer were used for the dielectric, ferroelectric, I–V and electric fatigue measurements. Microwave sintering also resulted in a dielectric maxima εmax 2590 at 1 kHz (compared to 1103 for conventional sintering [P.K. Patro, A.R. Kulkarni, C.S. Harendranath, Ceram. Int. 30 (2004) 1405]) for the sintering temperature of 1350 °C. Similar improvement in microwave-sintered SBN was observed depending on their sintering condition. The origin of this difference is attributed to microstructural differences arising from difference in heating method. In this paper the observed dielectric and ferroelectric behavior have been correlated with different sintering conditions and consequent microstructure due to microwave sintering. |
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Keywords: | Strontium barium niobate Microwave sintering Lead-free ferroelectrics Duplex microstructure Dielectric Microstructure |
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