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Title: Current understanding of structure-processing-property relationships in BaTiO3-Bi(M)O3 dielectrics

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14472· OSTI ID:1342707
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  1. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
  3. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  4. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  5. Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand)
  6. Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield (United Kingdom)

As part of a continued push for high permittivity dielectrics suitable for use at elevated operating temperatures and/or large electric fields, modifications of BaTiO 3 with Bi( M )O 3 , where M represents a net‐trivalent B ‐site occupied by one or more species, have received a great deal of recent attention. Materials in this composition family exhibit weakly coupled relaxor behavior that is not only remarkably stable at high temperatures and under large electric fields, but is also quite similar across various identities of M . Moderate levels of Bi content (as much as 50 mol%) appear to be crucial to the stability of the dielectric response. In addition, the presence of significant Bi reduces the processing temperatures required for densification and increases the required oxygen content in processing atmospheres relative to traditional X7R‐type BaTiO 3 ‐based dielectrics. Although detailed understanding of the structure–processing–property relationships in this class of materials is still in its infancy, this article reviews the current state of understanding of the mechanisms underlying the high and stable values of both relative permittivity and resistivity that are characteristic of BaTiO 3 ‐Bi( M )O 3 dielectrics as well as the processing challenges and opportunities associated with these materials.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; DE‐AC02‐06CH11357; DE‐AC52‐06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1342707
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1401236
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 99, Issue 9; ISSN 0002-7820
Publisher:
American Ceramic SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 90 works
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