• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.290-296
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• 2008

$AB'_{0.5}B"_{0.5}O_3$ type complex perovskite structures which have been reported as proton conductors over $600^{\circ}C$ were studied. The $AB'_{0.5}B"_{0.5}O_3$ type complex perovskite structure is known to be more easily synthesized and has better stability than normal $ABO_3$ perovskite structure. And it is stable at about $800^{\circ}C$ in the $CO_2$ atmosphere, whereas the $BaCeO_3$ perovskite is easily decomposed into carbonate. In addition, this $AB'_{0.5}B"_{0.5}O_3$ type complex perovskite structure could simply produce oxygen vacancies within their structure not by introducing additional doping oxides but by just controling the molar ratio of $B'^{+3}$ and $B"^{+5}$ metal ions in the B site. Hence it is easy to design the structure which shows highly sensitive electrical conductivity to humidity. In this study, the single phase boundary of $BaR_{0.5+x}Ta_{0.5-x}O_{3-{\delta}}$(R = rare earth) complex perovskite structures and it's phase stability were investigated with changes in composition, x. And the humidity dependance of electrical conductivity at different $P_{H2O}$ conditions was investigated.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 2010

Ceramics with perovskite-type structure are interesting functional materials for several energy conversion processes due to their flexible structure and a variety of properties. Prominent examples are electrode materials in fuel cells and batteries, thermoelectric converters, piezoelectrics, and photocatalysts. The very attractive physical-chemical properties of perovskite-type phases can be modified in a controlled way by changing the composition and crystallographic structure in tailor-made soft chemistry synthesis processes. Improved thermoelectric materials such as cobaltates with p-type conductivity and n-type manganates are developed by following theoretical predictions and tested to be applied in oxidic thermoelectric converters.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.51 no.8
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• pp.335-339
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• 2002

Ba(Mgl-xCox)TaO3[BMCT] ceramics were prepared by the conventional mixed oxide method. The ceramics were sintered at the temperature of 1525~$1625^{\circ}C$ for 5hr. in air. The crystal structure of BMCT ceramics was investigated by the XRD. The microstructure of the specimens were observed by SEM. The Microwave dielectric properties of BMCT specimens were investigated as a function of composition and sintering temperature. All BMCT ceramics sintered over 1575$^{\circ}C$ were showed a polycrystalline complex perovskite structure. The density of BMCT (90/10) specimen sintered at $1575^{\circ}C$ was 7.75g/㎤. As the Co contents decreased, the ordering parameter of B-site in BMCT increased. In the case of the BMCT(90/10) ceramics sintered at $1575^{\circ}C$ for 5 hours, dielectric constant, quality factor and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency for microwave dielectrics application were a good value o( 25, 17, 845 at 10㎓ and +2.4 ppm/${\circ}$, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.870-875
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• 2002

Ba(Zn$_1$-xCox)TaO$_3$[BZCT] ceramics were Prepared by the conventional mixed oxide method. The ceramics were sintered at the temperature of 1450∼1550$\^{C}$ for 5 hr in air. The crystal structure of BZCT ceramics was investigated by the XRD. The microstructure of the specimens were observed by SEM. The structural properties of BZCT specimens were investigated as a function of composition and sintering temperature. All BZCT ceramics sintered over 1550$\^{C}$ were showed a polycrystalline complek perovskite structure without second phases and any unreacted materials. The density of BZCT (70/30) specimen sintered at 1550$\^{C}$ was 6.31g/㎤. In the case of the BZCT(70/30) ceramics sintered at 1550$\^{C}$ for 5 hours, dielectric constant, qualify factor and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency for microwave dielectrics application were a good value of 29, 16,468 at 10㎓ and -4.4 ppm/$\^{C}$, respectively.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.83-89
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• 1995

In this paper, the specimens-($Ba_{0.997}$ L $a_{0.003}$)Ti $O_{3}$ + xTi $O_{2}$, x=0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03[mol]- were fabricated by a solid-state reaction method which is easy in microstructure control and good in mass production. Their crystalline structures and microstructures were analysed, and electrical properties were investigated. The perovskite-crystalline structure is confirmed by XRD, and it is exhibited by SEM that the grain grows with an addition of Ti $O_{2}$. Resistivity decreases with increasing sinteiing temperature, and the specimen of ($Ba_{0.997}$ L $a_{0.003}$)Ti $O_{3}$ + 0.02Ti $O_{2}$ sintered at 1350.deg. C shows the best PTC effects. The complex impedance plots exhibit the serial equivalent circuit of ( $R_{gb}$ / $C_{gb}$ ) and $R_{g}$ it is realized that PTC effect is attributed to the resistivity of grain boundary.ary.y.

• Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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• 1997.06a
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• pp.49-51
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• 1997

New complex perovskite compounds (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Ti0.5Nb0.5)O3, (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O3 and (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Ti0.5Ta0.5)O3 have been prepared. The crystal structures of these compounds were determined by powder X-ray Rietveld analysis. The crystal structure of (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Ti0.5Nb0.5)O3 and (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Zr0.5Ta0.5)O3 was Pmmn, and that of (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Ti0.5Nb0.5)O3 was I4/mmm. All these compounds showed the superstructure due to the oxygen octahedron distortion. The selected bond distances and bond angles were calculated by the OFFER. The octahedron distortion for each sample, which was measured from the bond distances and bond angles, showed the following order: (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Z0.5Ta0.5)O3> (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Ti0.5Nb0.5)O3 > (Na0.5Sr0.5)(Ti0.5Ta0.5)O3. Dielectric properties were measured for the samples. In this study, the crystal structure and dielectric properties of the new complex perovskite structures and discussed.

• Advances in materials Research
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.173-180
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• 2013

Lead-free complex perovskite ceramics $NaMeO_3$ ($Me{\equiv}Nb$, Ta) were synthesized using conventional solid state reaction technique and characterized by structural, FTIR and electrical (dielectric and ac conductivity) studies. The crystal symmetry, space group and unit cell dimensions were determined from the experimental results using FullProf software. XRD analysis of the compound indicated the formation of single-phase orthorhombic structure with the space group Pmmm (47). Dielectric studies showed the diffuse phase transition at $394^{\circ}C$ for $NaNbO_3$ and $430^{\circ}C$ for $NaTaO_3$. Ac conductivity in both the compounds follows Jonscher's power law.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.305-312
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• 1995

Thin films of Pb(Mg, Zn)1/3Nb2/3O3 were fabricated by spin coating the Pb-Mg-Zn-Nb-O complex alkoxide sols on(111) Pt-coated MgO (100) planes. It was observed that the content of H2O and the rheological characteristics of sol greatly influenced the orientation of perovskite grains after thin-film formation. A strong preferential orientation of (100)-type planes of the perovskite grains was obtained for the sol aged for 15 days with the molar ratio of H2O to total metal alkoxides=2. As small angle X-ray scattering experiment in the Porod region was performed to correlate the observed preferential orientation with the network structure of precursors at various stage of aging. It was shown that the degree of branching of the Pb-Mg-Zn-Nb-O precursor chain had a direct effect on the preferred oreintation, and weakly branched precursor systems led to highly oriented grains after thin-film formation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04b
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• pp.84-87
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• 2000

The microwave dielectric properties of complex perovskite-structured $Ba(Mg_{1/3}Ta_{2/3})O_3$ ceramics were investigated with calcining condition. The BMT ceramics were prepared by conventional mixed oxide method. Calcining conditions were $1200^{\circ}C$ for 10hr., $1300^{\circ}C$ for 2hr., and 5hr., respectively. And the specimens were sintered at $1650{\mu}m$. The structural and microwave properties of BMT ceramics were investigated by XRD, SEM and network analyzer. In the case of BMT ceramics calcined at $1300^{\circ}C$ for 5 hr., dielectric constant, quality factor and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency were 20.26, 31,144(at 1GHz), 6.11[ppm/$^{\circ}C$], respectively.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.232-240
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• 1999

In this study, the $(1-\chi)Ba(Mg_{\fraction one-third}Ta_{\fraction two-thirds}O_3-\chiBa(Co_{\fraction one-third}\Nb_{\fraction two-thirds})O_3$ ceramics($\chi$=0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6) were prepared by the conventional mixed oxide method. The ceramics were sintered at the temperature of $1500~1575^{\circ}C$ for5 hours in air. The BMT-BCN ceramics have a complex perovskite structure, and have peaks of (101), (102), (201), (202) and (212). Increasing the sintering temperature, dielectric constant was increased. Temperature coefficients of resonant frequency of the specimens were decreasing with increasing BCN content. In the case of the 0.7BMT-0.3BCN ceramics sintered at $1575^{\circ}C$ for 5 hours, dielectric constant, quality factor and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency for microwave dielectrics application were a good value of 28, 235500 at ㎓ and -$1.2 ppm/^{\circ}C$, respectively.