An investigation on the conductivity, electric modulus and scaling behavior of electric modulus of barium titanate-lithium ferrite composite doped with Nb, Gd and Sm

Abstract

The (90)BaTi(1-2x) RxNbxO3+(10)Li0.5Fe2.5O4 (R = Gd, Sm and x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) composites are prepared using solid state method. The structural properties like X-ray diffraction (XRD), FESEM electrical properties like electric modulus (M′), complex electric modulus (M″) and conductivity properties of doped and undoped composites have been discussed. The XRD studies confirm the incorporation of Gd and Sm in the composite. FESEM reveals an increase in the average grain size of composite upon doping with Gd/Nb and Sm/Nb. The conductivity and the real electric modulus (M′) of composites are increases steeply with increase in frequency at all temperatures. The real electric modulus (M′) of composites confirms the occurrence of dispersion in all composites at all temperatures. The imaginary electric modulus (M″) increases with frequency and exhibits a peak at a certain frequency. The peaks of complex electric modulus (M″) of composites have shifted towards higher frequency with temperature. The shift of the relaxation peak towards higher frequencies upon heating suggests the decrease in the relaxation rate of the process.