Abstract
ABSTRACTCerium (Ce) doped barium strontium titanate (Ce-BST) powder was prepared by sol-gel method, and the effect of Ce doped concentration on growing modes of grains of the Ce-BST powder was studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) reveals that all Ce-BST powders show cubic perovskite structures. It can be found that increasing Ce doped concentration corresponds to decreasing lattice parameter until the doped concentration increases to 3% mol ratio, and then the continuingly increasing doped concentration corresponds to increasing lattice parameter. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) exhibits that all powders are composed of nano-grains, but the growing modes of the grains strongly depend on the doped concentration. When doped concentration is not more than 1% mol ratio, the grains show globular growth; when the doped concentration is not less than 3% mol ratio, the grains show layered growth; when the doped concentration ranges from 1% mol ratio to 3% mol ratio, columnar grains appear in the globular powders. Also, the dielectric properties of the powders are presented and the related mechanisms are discussed.
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