Structural and Electrical Properties of BNT-BT0.08 Ceramics Processed by Spark Plasma Sintering

(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 doped with 8 mol % BaTiO3 powder (BNT-BT0.08), prepared by sol-gel method was compacted and sintered by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) process. The influence of SPS temperature on the densification of BNT-BT0.08 ceramic was investigated. Starting from sol-gel nanopowder of BNT-BT containing 8 mol % BaTiO3 with an average particles size of about 30 nm, were obtained ceramics with density around 98 % of the theoretical density value when the SPS temperature used was about 850 °C. The average grain size of the resulting ceramics was 80 nm. The BNT-BT0.08 ceramic sample obtained by SPS method has shown good electric properties at various frequencies.

Authors:

• Ciceron Berbecaru
• Marin Cernea
• Gheorghe Virgil Aldica
• Roxana Trusca

Keywords:

• (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 doped with BaTiO3
• Spark PlasmaSintering (SPS)
• dielectric properties

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