Title :
Size effect of barium titanate based ceramics sintered in reducing atmospheres
Author :
Wang, Xiaohui ; Wen, Hai ; Chen, Renzheng ; Zhou, Hui ; Longtu Ti
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Non-reducible BT-based X7R type ceramic materials with grain size form 100 nm to 400 nm were prepared systematically with high performance using nano-sized BaTiO3 powders. The initial grain size of BT powders affects significantly the microstructure and dielectric properties. The dielectric constant could be enhanced by increasing the initial particle size. Using BT powder with size of 250 nm, high density BME-MLCC chip samples (ceramic grain size of 300 nm) were obtained sintered at 1217°C, exhibiting high dielectric constant above 3000, and TCC less than ± 11.5%. with good reliability, meeting the requirement of X7R specification. In nanoceramic X7R BaTiO3 sample, clear ferroelectric domain structure was also observed for the first time. The inhomogeneous core-shell microstructure was found in the X7R samples.
Keywords :
barium compounds; density; electric domains; ferroelectric ceramics; grain size; nanostructured materials; particle size; permittivity; powders; sintering; 100 to 400 nm; BaTiO3; X7R type ceramic materials; barium titanate based ceramics; chip samples; density; dielectric constant; dielectric properties; ferroelectric domain structure; grain size; inhomogeneous core-shell microstructure; nanosized powders; particle size; reducing atmospheres; sintering; size effect; Atmosphere; Barium; Ceramics; Dielectric constant; Dielectric materials; Grain size; High-K gate dielectrics; Microstructure; Powders; Titanium compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2004. ISAF-04. 2004 14th IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8410-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISAF.2004.1418402