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Wide ranged la modification in CCTO ceramics through sol-gel: Effect on microstructure and dielectric properties
N. Banerjee, , S.B. Krupanidhi
Published in
2010
Volume: 121
   
Issue: 1
Pages: 86 - 98
Abstract
Sol-Gel method was employed to synthesize pure and wide ranged La-modified CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics using mixed acetate-nitrate-alcoxide individual metal-ion precursors. SEM pictures revealed that grain size monotonously decreases with the extent of La incorporation. All the prepared ceramics manifested dielectric constant in the range ∼10 3-104. Dielectric loss was found to decrease with La incorporation and got optimized for 20% La3+ while retaining its high dielectric constant which may be industrially important. Room temperature Impedance spectroscopy suggested that decrease in grain resistance is responsible for reduction in dielectric loss according to Internal Barrier Layer Capacitor (IBLC) model. Copyright © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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JournalIntegrated Ferroelectrics
ISSN10584587