Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1620864 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2010 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

Bi1.5ZnNb1.5O7–Ag composites were prepared by solid state method. The sintering temperature was lowered to 900 °C for the Bi1.5ZnNb1.5O7 ceramics with 3 wt% silver doping. The microstructures, surface morphologies, and dielectric properties of the composites were investigated. A small amount of silver doping is shown to promote grain growth. The grain size of the composites sintered at 950 °C increased from 2 to 6 μm with the silver content increasing from 1 to 4 wt%. The composites with 4 wt% silver sintered at 950 °C had the relative permittivity of 215, and dielectric loss of 10−4 ranging from 100 Hz to 1 MHz. The silver doping in composites also improves the electrical resistivity of Bi1.5ZnNb1.5O7–Ag composites, and increases the electrical resistivity value from 1013 to 1015 Ω cm for the samples sintered at 900 or 950 °C by increasing the silver content from 1 to 4 wt%. The Bi1.5ZnNb1.5O7–Ag composites with lower loss and larger electrical resistivity would be useful for electronic devices in RF application.

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