Microstructure, optical and electrical properties of Bi and Ba co-doped K0.52Na0.48NbO3 transparent ceramics

作者:Jin, Qi; Jiang, Minhong*; Han, Shengnan; Yan, Yafei
来源:Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics , 2018, 29(15): 13407-13417.
DOI:10.1007/s10854-018-9466-5

摘要

A new Bi and Ba co-doped K0.52Na0.48NbO3 transparent ceramics were synthesized by using solid-state reaction method. Their microstructure, optical and electrical properties were studied. The results show that the obtained compact ceramic has a perovskite polycrystalline structure with cubic phase. Refinement on the crystalline structure shows that the Bi and Ba co-doping results in forming an interstitial solid solution in K0.52Na0.48NbO3 ceramic. An appropriate amount of Bi and Ba co-doping is helpful for improving the transparency and densification of the ceramics. The most transparency of the samples reaches a high value of about 60% in the near-IR region. The dielectric constant-temperature spectrum shows that with increasing the Bi and Ba content the dielectric constant-temperature transition peaks become to be more flat. The complex impedance plots exhibit two impedance semicircles identified within the frequency range of 1 kHz-1 MHz for all samples, which is explained by the grain and grain boundary effects. The presence of non-Debye type of relaxation has been observed by a complex impedance analysis.