Structural, dielectric, and optical properties of Ni-doped barium cadmium tantalate ceramics

Hongxue Liu, Shaojun Liu, Victor Y. Zenou, Cameron Beach, Nathan Newman

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

We report the effect of Ni-doping on the structural, dielectric and optical properties of Ba(Cd1/3Ta2/3)O3 (BCT) ceramics. Rietveld analysis of the X-ray diffraction (XRD) data indicates that the BCT structure is similar to other Ba(Bi1/3&primeB 2/3&Prime)O3 perovskites, although the Ta-P-Cd is distorted to an angle of ∼173°; very close to our earlier theoretical prediction of 172°. The XRD analysis also indicates that Ni doping significantly enhances the extent of Cd-Ta ordering in BCT. The temperature coefficient of resonant frequency decreases with Ni concentration up to 2wt%. While the loss tangent of BCT is reduced at small levels of Ni doping (up to 0.5 wt%), it increases abruptly at higher concentrations. We found a correlation between the loss tangent of Ni-doped BCT samples and the intensity of a continuous absorption background in the optical spectra. This optical activity results from the presence of optically active point defects and is suggestive that these defects play an important role in the microwave loss in BCT ceramics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9140-9142
Number of pages3
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers
Volume45
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 2006

Keywords

  • Barium cadmium tantalate
  • Microwave ceramics
  • Optical properties

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Structural, dielectric, and optical properties of Ni-doped barium cadmium tantalate ceramics'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this