Phase transformation and enhanced thermal stability of giant dielectric constant with optimized breakdown strength on introducing Zr4+cation in Na0.25Bi0.25Sr0.50ZrxTi1-xO3 ceramics
摘要
Na0.25Bi0.25Sr0.50ZrxTi1-xO3 (x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 mol%) ferroelectric ceramics was synthesized by traditional method to study impact of introducing Zr4+ cation on structure and ferroelectric properties of NBST ceramic. With increasing amount of Zr4+ into the NBST lattice average grain size is decreases from 0.96 to 0.83 µm. Every composition had a mixed phase perovskite structure with tetragonal and rhombohedral symmetry. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy confirmed the structural changes. Optimum energy storage efficiency (η) = 92%,recoverable energy storage density (Wrec) = 120.30 kJ/m3, lowPr (remnant polarization) = 3.156 μC/cm2 and EC(coercive field) = 2.607 kV/cm values were obtained for Na0.25Bi0.25Sr0.50Zr0.01Ti0.99O3(x = 1 mol%) composition at 10 kV/cm applied electric field which is suitable for lead free energy storage properties. While Na0.25Bi0.25Sr0.50Zr0.02Ti0.98O3 (x = 2 mol%) composition showed excellent thermal stability for dielectric constant and dielectric losses (< 0.04) as well with TCC% ≤ ± 15% for temperature range (− 30 to 230 °C) and TCC% ≤ ± 20% for temperature range (− 30° to 350 °C) with very low dielectric losses (< 0.04) up to 210 °C at 1 kHz frequency of applied field which is suitable for stable capacitor applications.