Effect of Pb(Ti,Sn)O 3 doping and sintering temperature on dielectric properties of novel temperature-stable BaTiO 3 -based X8R ceramics

Abstract

The novel temperature-stable X8R dielectric materials could be sintered at 1180°C by doping Pb(Ti,Sn)O₃ additives into the BaTiO₃ ceramics, with a dielectric constant greater than 1550 at 25°C, dielectric loss lower than 2·0% and temperature coefficient of capacitance less than ±15% from −55 to 180°C. The effects of Pb(Ti,Sn)O₃ additives and sintered temperature were discussed. Pb(Ti,Sn)O₃ can not only enhance the dielectric constant, but also improve the temperature stability of the BaTiO₃ ceramics effectively. The enhancement of Ti⁴⁺'s polarisation and the smaller thickness of average grain shell resulted in increase in the dielectric constant. Sintered at a higher temperature, the temperature-capacitance curve was flattened. The decrease in the volume ratio of grain core to grain shell was helpful to improve the temperature stability.