Synthesis, structure and electrical properties of Cu{sub 3.21}Ti{sub 1.16}Nb{sub 2.63}O{sub 12} and the CuO{sub x}-TiO{sub 2}-Nb{sub 2}O{sub 5} pseudoternary phase diagram

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2011.05.032· OSTI ID:21580150

Reeves-McLaren, Nik ^[1]; Ferrarelli, Matthew C; Tung, Yuan-Wei; Sinclair, Derek C; West, Anthony R ^[1]

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1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD (United Kingdom)

Subsolidus phase relations in the CuO{sub x}-TiO{sub 2}-Nb{sub 2}O{sub 5} system were determined at 935 deg. C. The phase diagram contains one new phase, Cu{sub 3.21}Ti{sub 1.16}Nb{sub 2.63}O{sub 12} (CTNO) and one rutile-structured solid solution series, Ti{sub 1-3x}Cu{sub x}Nb{sub 2x}O{sub 2}: 0<x<0.2335 (35). The crystal structure of CTNO is similar to that of CaCu{sub 3}Ti{sub 4}O{sub 12} (CCTO) with square planar Cu{sup 2+} but with A site vacancies and a disordered mixture of Cu{sup +}, Ti{sup 4+} and Nb{sup 5+} on the octahedral sites. It is a modest semiconductor with relative permittivity {approx}63 and displays non-Arrhenius conductivity behavior that is essentially temperature-independent at the lowest temperatures. - Graphical abstract: The CuO{sub x}-TiO{sub 2}-Nb{sub 2}O{sub 5} phase diagram was determined at 935 deg. C and contains one new phase, Cu{sub 3.21}Ti{sub 1.16}Nb{sub 2.63}O{sub 12}, pictured, a modest semiconductor with {epsilon}{sub r}{approx}63, and one rutile-structured solid solution series, Ti{sub 1-3x}Cu{sub x}Nb{sub 2x}O{sub 2}. Highlights: > Subsolidus phase relations in the CuO{sub x}-TiO{sub 2}-Nb{sub 2}O{sub 5} system were determined at 935 deg. C. > A new phase, Cu{sub 3.21}Ti{sub 1.16}Nb{sub 2.63}O{sub 12} (CTNO), was found with a CaCu{sub 3}Ti{sub 4}O{sub 12}-like crystal structure. > We discovered one rutile-structured solid solution series, Ti{sub 1-3x}Cu{sub x}Nb{sub 2x}O{sub 2}: 0<x<0.2335 (35). > CTNO has square planar Cu{sup 2+}, A site vacancies and Cu{sup +}, Ti{sup 4+} and Nb{sup 5+} disordered on octahedral sites. > CTNO is a modest semiconductor with relative permittivity {approx}63.

• OSTI ID: 21580150
• Journal Information: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 184, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2011.05.032; PII: S0022-4596(11)00281-7; Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; ISSN 0022-4596
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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