Investigation of structural phase evolution and dielectric response of Co-doped BaTiO3

Abstract

In the present study, we have synthesized polycrystalline samples of BaTi[Formula: see text]CoxO3 (BTCO) ([Formula: see text], 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07 and 0.10) with standard solid state reaction technique. The obtained samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy for structural study. The detailed structural analysis has been performed by Rietveld refinement using Fullprof program. We observed an increase in lattice parameters, which results due to substitution of Co[Formula: see text] with large ionic radii (0.9[Formula: see text]Å) for smaller ionic radii (0.6[Formula: see text]Å) Ti[Formula: see text]. Moreover, peak at 45.5∘ shifts to 45∘ on Co doping, which is due to structure phase transition from tetragonal to cubic. Raman study infers that the intensity of characteristic peaks decreases and line width increases with Co doping. The bands linked with the tetragonal structure (305[Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text]) decreased due to the tetragonal-to-cubic phase transition with Co doping. Our structural study reveals the expansion of BTCO unit cell and tetragonal-to-cubic phase transformation takes place. The results from different characterization techniques are conclusive and show structural evolution with Co doping. The samples are further characterized by dielectric spectroscopy, dielectric measurement reveals the increase of dielectric constant and transition [Formula: see text]C is observed for Barium titanate (BaTiO3), whereas transition disappears with Co doping. Both temperature and frequency-dependent tangent loss is also studied.