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Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics

Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir; Lu, Zhilun; Alotaibi, Nouf; Mohamad, Ahmad Azmin; Wang, Ge; Wang, Dawei; Zhou, Di

Authors

Fayaz Hussain

Amir Khesro

Zhilun Lu

Nouf Alotaibi

Ahmad Azmin Mohamad

Ge Wang

Dawei Wang

Di Zhou



Abstract

B-site doping in potassium sodium niobate (KNN) with Mn2+ (Mn′′′Nb) and Ti4+ (Ti′Nb) dopants were soluble but prevented KNN from achieving a high relative density, while Sn4+ (Sn′Nb) was not soluble in the structure as evidenced by second phase peaks in X-ray diffraction (XRD) traces. However, SnO2 was an effective sintering aid in KNN-50/50. A-site doping with Sr2+ (Sr⋅(Na,K)) up to 1 mol% initially improved dielectric properties but higher sintering temperatures were required for compositions with >1 mol% Sr. Samples with 5% and 7% of Sr-doping completely shifted the transition of TO–T to below RT and broadened the TC peaks as the relaxor. All Ti-doped and Sr-doped compositions showed an increase in conductivity, manifested as high values of dielectric loss (tanδ). More than 1% of acceptor and donor dopants showed the ionic-type conduction mechanism, while 1% displayed the electronic mechanism as attributed from the strongly frequency-dependent tanδ. In conclusion, these samples have the potential to open up new applications in the field of electroceramics.

Citation

Hussain, F., Khesro, A., Lu, Z., Alotaibi, N., Mohamad, A. A., Wang, G., …Zhou, D. (2020). Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics. Frontiers in Materials, 7, Article 160. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00160

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 4, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 8, 2020
Publication Date Jul 8, 2020
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2021
Publicly Available Date Oct 25, 2021
Journal Frontiers in Materials
Publisher Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Article Number 160
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00160
Keywords acceptor doping, donor doping, solubility, KNN, dielectric properties
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2816047

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