Development of La0.5Na0.5TiO3–Sm0.5Li0.5TiO3 bilayer microwave ceramics with a linearly tunable temperature coefficient of resonant frequency
摘要
To compensate for the large positive temperature coefficient of resonant frequency in the La0.5Na0.5TiO3 perovskite structure ceramic material, laminated La0.5Na0.5TiO3–Sm0.5Li0.5TiO3 (LNT–SLT) microwave dielectric ceramic systems were designed with tunable layer mass fractions. Among the various compositions of xgLNT-(2−x)gSLT (x = 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9, where ‘g’ denotes grams) and sintering temperatures of 1200–1400 °C, the most noteworthy results indicate that interfacial diffusion of A-site cations contributes to the development of a chemically graded region, which becomes more pronounced at higher sintering temperatures (1300–1400 °C). Additionally, relatively higher sintering temperatures intensify this interfacial diffusion and structural disorder, ultimately leading to a decrease in Q × f values in the xgLNT-(2−x)gSLT (x = 0.7) from 1421.1 to 440.6 GHz. Microwave dielectric measurements reveal that the temperature coefficient of frequency (τf) varies approximately linearly with increasing LNT content, wherein the sample with x = 0.5 sintered at 1250 °C for 4 h achieves a near-zero τf value of approximately − 3.1 ppm/°C and a high εr ~ 76.5, thus demonstrating superior temperature stability. Moreover, this study presents a promising strategy for the development of advanced bilayer ceramic systems and highlights their potential in communication devices.