The effect of co-substitution on the microwave dielectric properties of Ba6-3Nd8+2Ti18O54(x=2/3) ceramics

Abstract In this work, the microwave dielectric properties of Ba4(Nd1-yBiy)28/3Ti18-x(Al1/2Ta1/2)xO54(0≤x≤2, 0.05≤y≤0.2) ceramics co-substituted by A/B-site were studied. Firstly, (Al1/2Ta1/2)4+ was used for substitution at B-site. At 0≤x≤1.5, the above mentioned ceramic was found to exist in single-phase tungsten bronze structure, but at x = 2.0, the secondary phase appeared. Although the dielectric constant decreased by doping the (Al1/2Ta1/2)4+, but the quality factor was observed to improve by 40% and the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency decreased by 75%. Based on the above results, Bi3+ was introduced to Ba4Nd28/3Ti17(Al1/2Ta1/2)O54. The introduction of Bi3+ reduced the sintering temperature, greatly improved the dielectric constant, and ultimately decreased the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency, but it led to deterioration of quality factor. At last, with appropriate site-substitution content control (x = 1.0,y = 0.15), excellent comprehensive properties (er = 89.0, Q × f = 5844 GHz @ 5.89 GHz，TCF = +8.7 ppm/°C) were obtained for the samples sintered at 1325 °C for 4 h.