Effect of Aliovalent Substituents on the Ferroelectric Properties of Modified Barium Titanate Ceramics - Relaxor Ferroelectric Behavior

Structure–property relationships were investigated to reveal the generic influence of various substituents on ferroelectric BaTiO₃. Compositional modifications of ferroelectric BaTiO₃ were systematically investigated for La³⁺ and Nb⁵⁺ substituents. A generic influence of charged point defects in breaking down the ferroelectric domains into polar clusters was demonstrated. In both types of modified BaTiO₃, relaxor ferroelectric behavior was induced for higher concentrations of substituents.     

钛酸锶钡陶瓷材料的掺杂改性

钛酸锶钡(BST)是一种重要的具有钙钛矿结构的铁电材料。顺电态下,其介电损耗较小,结构稳定。因此对顺电态下的BST进行掺杂改性是近年来铁电材料的研究热点之一。本文简要介绍了目前国内外科研工作者利用稀土、碱土氧化物进行掺杂时对BST的微观结构、介电损耗、介电常数以及可调率方面的影响。     

钛酸锶钡铁电纳米晶的制备

当晶粒尺寸降到纳米量级时,材料会体现出许多有用性能,因此制备形貌规整,单分散性适于纳米自组装的铁电纳米晶成为研究重点。在总结铁电纳米晶制备与改性方法的基础上,选择了Glycothermal法制备Bax Sr1-x Ti O3纳米晶,并对产物进行测试与表征。     

Optical Properties of Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) Ferroelectric Thin Films

Barium strontium titanate (Ba_0.05Sr_0.95TiO₃) ferroelectric thin films have been prepared on single crystal [001] MgO substrates using the pulsed laser deposition method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis show the films were oriented with the [001] direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. The refractive index of Ba_0.05Sr_0.95TiO₃ is determined from model fitting with the calculated data of the reflectivity of Ba_0.05Sr_0.95TiO₃ in the wavelength 1450-1580 nm at the room temperature. The dispersion curve decreases gradually with increasing wavelength. The average value of the refractive index is found to be 1.985 in the wavelength 1450-1580 nm which is important for optoelectronic device applications.     

Barium Zirconate-Lead Titanate Ferroelectric Ceramics

Hot-pressed barium zirconate-lead titanate ceramics have been examined to determine crystal-line symmetry and dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties. Barium zirconate additions to lead titanate form solid solutions with a decreasing tetragonal c/a axial ratio until at 60PbTiO₃–40BaZrO₃ to 75PbTiO₃–25BaZrO₃ the ceramics have coercive forces low enough to permit polarization. High-coercive-force piezo-electric ceramics are formed with k_p up to 0.30 and d₃₃ up to 110 × 10⁻¹² coulombs per newton.     

Flextensional Barium Strontium Titanate Actuators

This paper describes the performance of the cymbal flextensional transducer using Dy-doped barium strontium titanate (BST) as the driver material. BST was first characterized for its dielectric and loss behavior as a function of temperature and electrical bias field. With no electrical bias, the transition temperature was measured to be near 20°C and have a dielectric constant >20 000. The strain of a BST disk was then measured and compared with other ceramics. At room temperature the strain and average effective piezoelectric d ₃₃ of this non-lead composition was slightly larger than Navy type I lead zirconate titanate (PZT-4) ceramic. The strain/field behavior was also measured as a function of temperature. Cymbal capped BST ceramic was found to have an amplified displacement of 28×, also very similar to type I ceramic. The stiffness of BST was found to be tunable by dc voltage and 2 to 3 times larger than that of PZT. This material has promise for applications in actuators and transducers with large generative force.     

Aging in Tetragonal Ferroelectric Barium Titanate

The aging phenomenon in tetragonal ferroelectric bairum titanate was investigated by optical microscopy and by electrical measurements. Transmission electron microscopy was used to observe in detail domain reactions which occurred during aging. Aging may be characterized as an exhaustion-type process because of the increase in the apparent activation energy with time. It is concluded that aging is the relief of the residual stresses of the ferroelectric transition by the thermally activated nucleation of 90° domains.     

Electron Emission from Barium Strontium Titanate Ceramics

This paper focuses on understanding the influence of materials' properties on the ferroelectric electron emission. Ferroelectric ( x =1.0 and 0.8) and paraelectric ( x =0.67 and 0.5) compositions of barium strontium titanate (Ba _x Sr_{(1− x )}TiO₃) system were chosen for study based on their different ferroelectric and dielectric properties. Similar emission current waveforms were obtained from four compositions with negative triggering voltage applied to the rear electrode of the samples. It was difficult to explain the experimental results using the spontaneous polarization-switching model. The mechanism of electron emission from Ba _x Sr_{(1− x )}TiO₃ ceramics was ascertained to surface plasma emission.     

钛酸锶钡微晶玻璃的铈掺杂效应研究

通过X射线光电子能谱、紫外-可见漫反射光谱、傅里叶变换红外光谱和拉曼光谱研究了(Ba,Sr)TiO3微晶玻璃的铈掺杂效应.玻璃体系为BaO-SrO-TiO2-Al2O3-SiO2(Ce摩尔分数为0％、1％、2％、3％).随着Ce摩尔含量增加,Ce在(Ba,Sr)TiO3晶格中的占位从Ce4+取代Ti4+位的形式逐渐变成...     

Solution-Precipitation of Fine Powders of Barium Titanate and Strontium Titanate

Hydrolytic reactions of metal alkoxides offer a broad range of possibilities for their use in the preparation of ceramic powders. This paper reports a unique and novel process to prepare fine powders of BaTiO₃ and SrTiO₃ from stable precursor solutions by carefully controlling the pH and temperature. This simple route offers good control of stoichiometry and the powders are agglomerate-free with fine particles of size 0.06–0.1 µm and were well sintered at 1200° and 1350°C, respectively. The dielectric properties of the dense ceramics are also reported. The formation aspects of these perovskite phases are also discussed.     

铌酸锶钡/钛酸锶钡介电常数预测模型研究

首次应用粉末-溶胶工艺合成出铌酸锶钡/钛酸锶钡复相陶瓷(SBN/SBT)。以Clausius(克劳修斯)-Mosotti(莫索缔)方程为基础,采用混合对数法则,通过实验得到的复合材料的晶格参数和铌酸锶钡、钛酸锶钡的理论极化率,建立了描述铌酸锶钡/钛酸锶钡复相陶瓷的介电常数预测模型,通过数学模型得到的预测数值与实验数值吻合。     

BST铁电薄膜的制备、应用及其研究进展

综述了钛酸锶钡（BST）铁电薄膜的4种制备工艺：磁控溅射（Magnetron sputtering）法、金属有机物化学气相沉积（MOCVD）法、脉冲激光淀积（PLD）法,以及溶胶-凝胶（Sol-Gel）法.并介绍了BST铁电薄膜在动态随机存储器、非致冷红外探测器热成像、移相器等方面的应用及其研究进展.     

Piezoresistance and Piezocapacitance Effects in Barium Strontium Titanate Ceramics

A large piezoresistance response to hydrostatic pressure is reported for a series of ceramic compositions in the system barium strontium lanthanum titanate (Ba, Sr, La)TiO₂. This property appears to be closely associated with the Curie region (cubic-tetragonal phase transition) and the phenomenon of a positive temperature coefficient of resistance for these same compositions. The piezoresistance coefficient, similar to the temperature coefficient of resistance, is positive in the Curie region, and is found to range up to the order of 700 X 10 ⁻¹² sq. cm. per dyne. Consistent with the observed piezoresistance effect, a positive piezocapacitive effect, ranging up to the order of 700 x 10⁻¹² sq. cm. per dyne, is observed in these compositions in the absence of the lanthanum impurity which produces semiconduction. It is suggested that these materials may be of interest in pressure-sensitive devices such as acoustic transducers and pressure-sensing elements and in techniques for measuring force and displacement.     

Dependence of Crystallization Behavior on Particle Size in Barium Strontium Titanate Glass‐Ceramics

Differential thermal analysis studies on the crystallization kinetics and phase developments of barium strontium titanate glass‐ceramics have been performed for a series of glass particles with different particle sizes. The crystallization behavior was deduced to be influenced strongly by the particle size of the glass samples. These studies have revealed the initial formation at lower temperatures of metastable fresnoite Ba₂TiSi₂O₈ (BTS) phase followed by its transformation at higher temperatures to feldspar BaAl₂Si₂O₈ (BAS) and perovskite (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ (BST) phases. The metastable BTS phase was proved to crystallize predominately by surface crystallization while the feldspar BAS phase showed significant evidence of internal crystallization. And for the perovskite BST phase, crystallization mechanism changes from surface to internal type at a critical particle size of 75 μm. In addition, activation energy and the Avrami parameter for crystallization have been determined for the three phases by the employment of glass samples with two typical particle sizes.     

Ferroelectric Behavior in Barium Zirconium Metaniobate

An unusual type of ferroelectric behavior has been observed in barium zirconium metaniobate, BaNb_1.5Zr_0.25O_5.25. The orthorhombic, pseudotetragonal single crystal displays dielectric hysteresis only in its c direction, with normal dielectric properties in the a-b plane. No evidence of a fist- or second-order ferroelectric-paraelectric transition has been observed up to 1400°C. The crystal melts incongruently at about 1525°C. A maximum in the dielectric constant occurs at 80°C. when measured at 10³ c.p.s. but is not accompanied by any effect in the spontaneous polarization. The temperature of this k' maximum has the frequency dependence of a dielectric relaxation process with an average activation energy of 0.2 e.v. These properties are consistent with the idea of a higher than second-order ferroelectric-paraelectric transition in this material. The dielectric behavior is explicable in terms of 180°"dipole aggregates" having a wide range of activation energies of reversal. There are suggestions in the technical literature of similar behavior in other materials.     

铌酸锶钡/钛酸锶钡复相陶瓷形成过程研究

应用粉末-溶胶工艺合成出铌酸锶钡/钛酸锶钡复相陶瓷(SBN/SBT)。采用X射线衍射技术研究了不同预烧温度的原始粉料、不同烧结温度和不同保温时间得到的铌酸锶钡/钛酸锶钡复相陶瓷。研究表明:钨青铜相和钙钛矿相共存于体系之中。复相陶瓷形成过程中形成了TiO2、BaNb2O6(BN)、SrNb2O6(SN)等中间相,增加烧结温度至1250℃,形成了铌酸锶钡/钛酸锶钡复相陶瓷。     

钛酸锶钡结构与制备工艺研究进展

钛酸锶钡[(Ba,Sr)TiO3,SBT]是1种重要的电子陶瓷材料,具有高介电常数、低漏电流、高热释电系数,高的介电可调等特性,广泛用于动态随机存储器、热释电探测器、介质移相器等电子元件的制备。综述了钛酸锶钡[(Ba,Sr)TiO3,SBT]的结构和制备工艺研究进展,评述了制备工艺和掺杂等对钛酸锶钡的结构和性能的影响,并指出了钛酸锶钡尚待解决的问题。     

Phase Equilibria in the System Barium Titanate—Strontium Titanate

Phase equilibria in the system BaTiO₃–SrTiO₃ (with 0 to 7 mol% SrTiO₃) were studied at temperatures above 1600°C in air. Quenching experiments were performed using high-purity starting materials, and run products were examined by X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry to determine phase composition and Sr concentration. Melting involves a binary loop intersected by the invariant reaction hexagonal (Ba, Sr)TiO₃( ss ) ⇌ cubic (Ba, Sr)TiO₃( ss ) + liquid. In contrast with earlier work, these results indicate that there is no depression of the melting point with Sr addition and no congruent melting point in this compositional range.     

Crystallization of Sol–Gel-Derived Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films

Microstructural development of thin-film barium strontium titanate (Ba _x Sr_{1– x} TiO₃) as a function of strontium concentration and thermal treatment were studied, using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). Thin films, ∼250 nm thick, were spin-coated onto Pt/Ti/SiO₂/Si substrates, using methoxypropoxide alkoxide precursors, and crystallized by heat-treating at 700°C. All films had the cubic perovskite structure, and their lattice parameters varied linearly with strontium content. Films with higher strontium concentrations had a larger average grain size. In situ TEM heating experiments, combined with differential thermal analysis/thermogravimetric analysis results, suggest that the gel films crystallize as an intermediate carbonate phase, Ba _x Sr_{1– x} TiO₂CO₃ (with a solid solution range from x = 1 to x = 0). Before decomposition at 600°C, this carbonate phase inhibits the formation of the desired perovskite phase.     

Direct-Current Field Dependence of Dielectric Properties in Alumina-Doped Barium Strontium Titanate

The dielectric properties of (Ba_0.6Sr_0.4)TiO₃ and Al₂O₃-doped (Ba_0.6Sr_0.4)TiO₃ have been characterized. The grain size of the specimen is maximum for (Ba_0.6Sr_0.4)TiO₃ that has been doped with 1 wt% Al₂O₃. The density and the real part of the relative dielectric constant each decrease as the Al₂O₃ content increases. The loss factor is minimum for (Ba_0.6Sr_0.4)TiO₃ that has been doped with 2 wt% Al₂O₃. The dielectric constant of the specimens decreases as the applied dc field increases. The influence of the dc field on the loss factor is much less than that on the dielectric constant. The tunability is ∼24% for (Ba_0.6Sr_0.4)TiO₃ that has been doped with 1 wt% Al₂O₃.