<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Ca2Nd4Ti6O20, a layered perov skite structured material was synthesized via a chemical (citrate sol-gel) route for the first time using nitrates and alkoxide precursors. Phase analysis of a sample sintered at 1625 °C revealed the formation of an orthorhombic (Pbn21) symmetry. The microstructure of the sample after sintering comprised rod-shaped grains of a size of 1.5 to 6.5µm. The room temperature dielectric constant of the sintered sample was 38 at 100 kHz. The remnant polarization (Pr) and the coercive field (Ec) were about 400 μC/cm2 and 8.4 kV/cm, respectively. Impedance spectroscopy revealed that the capacitance (13.7 pF) and activation energy (1.39 eV) of the grain boundary was greater than the capacitance (5.7 pF) and activation energy (1.13 eV) of the grain.</abstract>

Ca2Nd4Ti6O20, a layered perov skite structured material was synthesized via a chemical (citrate sol-gel) route for the first time using nitrates and alkoxide precursors. Phase analysis of a sample sintered at 1625 °C revealed the formation of an orthorhombic (Pbn21) symmetry. The microstructure of the sample after sintering comprised rod-shaped grains of a size of 1.5 to 6.5µm. The room temperature dielectric constant of the sintered sample was 38 at 100 kHz. The remnant polarization (Pr) and the coercive field (Ec) were about 400 μC/cm2 and 8.4 kV/cm, respectively. Impedance spectroscopy revealed that the capacitance (13.7 pF) and activation energy (1.39 eV) of the grain boundary was greater than the capacitance (5.7 pF) and activation energy (1.13 eV) of the grain.

Synthesis and electrical characterization of Ca2Nd4Ti6O20 ceramics

Department of Physics, Islamia College Peshawar, 25120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Department of Physics, University of Peshawar, 25120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Laboratory of Electrical Materials, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis,

Materials Science-Poland

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Synthesis and electrical characterization of CaNdTiO ceramics

Ca2Nd4Ti6O20, a layered perov skite structured material was synthesized via a chemical (citrate sol-gel) route for the first time using nitrates and alkoxide...

Synthesis and electrical characterization of Ca₂Nd₄Ti₆O₂₀ ceramics

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 27, 2016

Page range: 164 - 168

Received: Aug 31, 2015

Accepted: Dec 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0021

Keywords
sol-gel, CaNdTiO, electrical properties

© 2016 Wroclaw University of Technology

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Synthesis and electrical characterization of Ca2Nd4Ti6O20 ceramics

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 27, 2016

Page range: 164 - 168

Received: Aug 31, 2015

Accepted: Dec 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0021

Keywordssol-gel, CaNdTiO, electrical properties

© 2016 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Synthesis and electrical characterization of Ca₂Nd₄Ti₆O₂₀ ceramics

Keywords
sol-gel, CaNdTiO, electrical properties