Abstract
Dielectric spectroscopy of BaTiO3 (BT) doped with Ce3+ (BT:Ce3+) ceramics was performed at extended temperatures and in the low-frequency ranges. BT:Ce3+ displays decreasing values of all phase transition temperatures with increasing Ce3+ content. Permittivity versus temperature plots showed decreasing values with increasing frequency with low dispersion and shifting values of the Curie temperatures (Tc) towards high frequencies. Comparable values of losses for BT and BT:Ce3+ ceramics suggest good charge compensation. At low frequencies and higher temperatures, thermally activated mechanisms of conduction increase the loss values. With increasing frequency, the BT:Ce3+ system displays increased and shifted loss peaks up to Tc and decreasing values above Tc. The characteristic exponent of the modified Curie–Weiss law is higher than one. These figures suggest a relaxor-like behaviour of BT:Ce3+ ceramics for low Ce3+ content. Phase diagrams of BT:Ce3+ ceramics show a strong decrease of Tc for low Ce3+ content.
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