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Structure and Microstructure of Y-doped Strontium Titanate Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Alexander Tkach
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Paula M. Vilarinho
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Ian M. Reaney
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK

Abstract

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High dielectric constant important for functional electronic applications have been reported in the Sr1-1.5xYxTiO3 ceramic system with a maximum value for x = 0.01 coincident with the maximum grain size. This observation points to a possible correlation between the dielectric response and the microstructure of these ceramics. A solid solubility limit around x = 0.04 was reported recently by Fu et al., although the second phase was observed by X-ray diffraction only for x = 0.07. Therefore, the structure, microstructure and local composition of Sr1-1.5xYxTiO3 ceramics (x = 0 − 0.05) prepared by conventional mixed oxide method is investigated in this work by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy facilities.

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