Hydrothermal synthesis of doped lanthanum zirconate nanomaterials and the effect of V–Ge substitution on their structural, electrical and dielectric properties

Journal Article · Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Materials Research Bulletin

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.07.052· OSTI ID:22420640

Farid, Muhammad Asim; Asghar, Muhammad Adnan; Ehsan, Muhammad Fahad; Athar, Muhammad

Graphical abstract: Variation of dielectric constant with frequency for all the synthesized materials. - Highlights: • Hydrothermal method has been successfully employed to synthesize the zirconates. • XRD confirmed the formation of required phase. • Increased electrical resistivity makes these materials useful for microwave devices. • Dielectric parameters of zirconates decrease with increasing frequency. • Dielectric constant decreases with increasing substituents concentration. - Abstract: A hydrothermal method was successfully employed for the synthesis of a series of vanadium and germanium co-doped pyrochlore lanthanum zirconates with composition La{sub 2−x}V{sub x}Zr{sub 2−y}Ge{sub y}O{sub 7} (where x, y = 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.0). The XRD and FTIR analyses confirmed the formation of single phase except vanadium and germanium substituted samples and the crystallite sizes are in the range of 7–31 nm for V{sup 3+}–Ge{sup 4+} substituted samples. The theoretical compositions are confirmed by the ED-XRF studies. The room temperature electrical resistivity increase with the substituents concentration which suggests that the synthesized materials can be used for microwave devices as such devices required highly resistive materials. Dielectric properties were measured in the frequency range of 6 kHz to 1 MHz. The dielectric parameters decrease with increase in frequency. The DC resistivity data is in good agreement with the dielectric data.

• OSTI ID: 22420640
• Journal Information: Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 59; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
DOPED MATERIALS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
FOURIER TRANSFORMATION
GERMANIUM
HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS
INFRARED SPECTRA
KHZ RANGE
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
MHZ RANGE
MICROWAVE RADIATION
NANOMATERIALS
NANOSTRUCTURES
PERMITTIVITY
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
VANADIUM
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
ZIRCONATES