Structural and Electrical Characteristics of Ba(Fe_0.5Nb_0.5)O₃-SrTiO₃ Ceramic System

Narendra Kumar Singh, Pritam Kumar, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Ram Naresh Prasad Choudhary

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DOI: 10.4236/msa.2011.211213                

Abstract

A complex structure of barium iron niobate, Ba(Fe_0.5Nb_0.5)O₃ (BFN) and strontium titanate SrTiO₃ (ST) was fabricated by a solid-state reaction method. The phase formation of Ba(Fe_0.5Nb_0.5)O₃-SrTiO₃ was checked using X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The X-ray structural analysis of BFN and BFN-ST ceramics, showed the formation of single-phase compound in the monoclinic system, which is a distorted structure of an ideal cubic perovskite. Careful examination of microstructures of the individual compounds of the system was done by the scanning electron micrograph (SEM), and confirms the polycrystalline nature of the systems. Detailed studies of dielectric and electrical impedance properties of the systems in a wide range of frequency (100Hz - 5MHz) and different temperatures (30°C-285°C) showed that these properties are strongly dependent on temperature and frequency.

Keywords

Dielectrics, Perovskite Oxides, X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Micrograph

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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