Large breakdown field and dielectric performance of CaCu3Ti 4O12 ceramics modified by Al2O3

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Abstract

CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics samples with varied Al2O3 additions have been prepared by a dispersion-precipitation-sintering method. The ceramics with nominal addition of 8 wt% Al2O3 sintered at 1100 oC for 4 hours shows a breakdown electric field Eb of 21 kV/cm, compared with reported values of 1.0∼2.0 kV/cm. Three energy levels of dielectric relaxation, two of which do not vary with either second phase addition or sintering condition, are found. The nearly constant levels of ∼0.13 eV and ∼0.33 eV are considered to relate to bulk and domain boundary relaxations. Another level varied from 0.61 to 0.84 eV is suggested to be Maxwell-Wagner relaxation of grain boundary, which correlates well with breakdown electric field Eb. It was proposed that the enhanced breakdown field is attributed to higher energy level of grain boundary relaxation and CuAl 2O4 aggregation in the intergranular region.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICSD 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics
Pages1087-1090
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventICSD 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics - Bologna, Italy
Duration: 30 Jun 20134 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics, ICSD
ISSN (Print)1553-5282
ISSN (Electronic)2159-1687

Conference

ConferenceICSD 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBologna
Period30/06/134/07/13

Keywords

  • CaCuTiO ceramics
  • becond phase
  • bielectric performance
  • breakdown field

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