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Theoretical and Experimental Study of Barium Zinc-Cadmium Tantalate-based Microwave Dielectrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Shaojun Liu ,
Mark Van Schilfgaarde ,
Jian Sun ,
Louisa Badd ,
David Smith ,
Novak S. Petrovixc ,
R. Taylor  and
N. Newman
Shaojun Liu
Affiliation:
Chemical and Materials Engineering Department Science and Engineering of Materials Program
Mark Van Schilfgaarde
Affiliation:
Chemical and Materials Engineering Department Science and Engineering of Materials Program
Jian Sun
Affiliation:
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287–6006
Louisa Badd
Affiliation:
Chemical and Materials Engineering Department
David Smith
Affiliation:
Chemical and Materials Engineering Department Science and Engineering of Materials Program Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287–6006
Novak S. Petrovixc
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Queens land University, Paddington, Australia 4064
R. Taylor
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Queens land University, Paddington, Australia 4064
N. Newman*
Affiliation:
Chemical and Materials Engineering Department Science and Engineering of Materials Program
*
*[email protected]
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Abstract

Single-phase Ba(Cd1/3Ta2/3)O3 ceramics have been produced using conventional powder processing methods. In our initial investigations, 2wt% ZnO powder was added to act as a sintering aid since a high-density ceramic was not formed from solid-state diffusion alone. The resulting Ba(Cd0.327Zn0.006Ta2/3)O3 material sintered at 1550° C exhibits a dielectric constant of ∼33 and loss tangent of <5×10−5 at 2 GHz. In our more recent work, we have used boron as a sintering aid to facilitate sintering at temperatures as low as 1300° C, enhance the structural quality and improve the microwave properties of Ba(Cd1/3Ta2/3)O3 dielectrics. TEM results indicate that the liquid sintering mechanism is an important factor for boron concentrations exceeding 0.5wt%, while a point defect mechanism plays the dominant role at lower boron concentrations. The presence of superstructure peaks and splitting of the (220) and (214) peaks in X-ray diffraction spectra are direct evidence for the distortion from cubic symmetry as a result of Cd and Ta ordering on the B-site.

Ab-initio electronic structure calculations within the local density functional approximation have been used to give insight into the unusual properties of this class of materials. In both Ba(Zn1/3Ta2/3)O3 and Ba(Cd/3Ta2/3)O3, the conduction band maximum and valence band minimum are composed of mostly weakly itinerant Ta 5d-and Zn-3d/Cd-4d levels, respectively. The covalent nature of the directional d-electron bonding in these high-Z oxides plays an important role in producing a more rigid lattice with higher melting points and enhanced phonon energies, and possibly inherently lower intrinsic microwave loss than comparable ionic materials.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 783: Symposium B – Materials, Intergration, and Packaging Issues for High-Frequency Devices , 2003 , B4.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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