| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1487130 | Materials Research Bulletin | 2016 | 5 Pages |
•The glass was prepared by aerodynamic levitation method.•A temperature and frequency-independent dielectric constant (εr≈40εr≈40) under 473 K•A relaxor-like behavior was observed above 200 °C.•The low-temperature relaxation is a conduction relaxation.•The other one is a Maxwell-Wagner relaxation associated with phase boundary.
0.35La2O3 − 0.65Nb2O5 glasses were prepared by aerodynamic levitation method. The dielectric properties of the sample were investigated as a function of temperature (30 − 700 °C) in the frequency range from 100 Hz to 1 MHz. The glasses show a temperature and frequency-independent dielectric constant of ∼40 below 200 °C. A relaxor-like behavior was observed above 200 °C, which was found to be composed of two relaxations with the activation energy of 1.32 eV and 1.3 eV for the low- and high-temperature relaxations, respectively. Impedance analysis reveals that the low-temperature relaxation is a conduction relaxation associated with hopping motion of oxygen ions and the high-temperature one is a Maxwell-Wagner relaxation associated with phase boundary. The relaxor-like behavior is attributed to the combining effect of both relaxations.
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