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Doping mechanisms and impedance study of Ba-substituted bismuth magnesium niobate pyrochlores


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Mat Dasin, Nurul Aidayu and Tan, Kar Ban and Zainal, Zulkarnain and Khaw, Chwin Chieh and Chen, Soo Kien (2019) Doping mechanisms and impedance study of Ba-substituted bismuth magnesium niobate pyrochlores. Journal of Electroceramics, 43. pp. 41-50. ISSN 1385-3449; ESSN: 1573-8663

Abstract

Here we investigated the doping mechanisms and electrical properties of Ba-substituted Bi3.36Mg1.92-xBaxNb2.72O14.36 (BMBN) pyrochlores. Phase-pure BMBN pyrochlores prepared by solid-state reaction were found to crystallise in a cubic structure (Fd3m; No. 227) with their lattice parameters in the range 10.5968(16) - 10.5879(3) Å. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis revealed that BMBN pyrochlores were composed of irregular shaped grains and their estimated crystallite sizes by both Williamson-Hall and Scherrer methods were in the range 50–75 nm and 60–70 nm, respectively. Neither thermal event nor significant weight loss was observed over the studied temperature range ~30–1000 °C, confirming that BMBN pyrochlores were thermally stable with negligible Bi2O3 loss. The high activation energies in the range 1.18–1.30 eV, as determined by the Arrhenius conductivity plots, showed BMBN pyrochlores to be highly insulating. The dielectric constants, ε’ and dielectric losses, tan δ were found in the range 147–183 and 7.9 × 10−2 - 9.6 × 10−2 at ~30 °C and 1 MHz. Negative temperature coefficient of capacitances, TCC, in the range (−478) - (−688) ppm/°C were recorded over ~30–300 °C at 1 MHz.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-019-00188-1
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: Pyrochlore; Solid-state reaction; Doping mechanism; Dielectric; Impedance spectroscopy
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 08 Apr 2021 00:21
Last Modified: 08 Apr 2021 00:21
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79443
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