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Structural and dielectric performance of the Ba(Zn1/3Nb2/3-xSbx)O3 perovskite ceramics
A F Qasrawi1,3, Ethem İlhan Sahin2, Mehriban Emek4, Mesut Kartal5 and Serdar Kargin6
Published 26 July 2019 • © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd
Materials Research Express, Volume 6, Number 9
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1 Department of Physics, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine
2 Satellite communications Remote Sensing, Istanbul Technical University, 34467, Istanbul, Turkey
3 Group of physics, Faculty of Engineering, Atilim University, 06836 Ankara, Turkey
4 Department of Physics, Adiyaman University, 02040 Adıyaman, Turkey
5 Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, 34467 Istanbul, Turkey
6 Electronics Communication Engineering Department, Beykent University, 34398 İstanbul, Turkey
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A F Qasrawi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8193-6975
Dates
Received 29 May 2019
Accepted 16 July 2019
Accepted Manuscript online 17 July 2019
Published 26 July 2019
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Method: Double-blind
Revisions: 2
Screened for originality? Yes
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A F Qasrawi et al 2019 Mater. Res. Express 6 095095
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https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab32d6
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Abstract
In this work, we have explored the antimony doping effects on the structural and dielectric properties of Ba(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 ceramics (BZN). The ceramics displayed perovskite structures with a lattice constant that decreases with increasing Sb content. The antimony solubility limit of the BZN ceramics is $x\lt 0.50.$ Below this limit and in the range of $0.30\leqslant x\leqslant 0.40,$ the microstrain, the dislocation density and the stacking faults decreased and the crystallite size increases with increasing Sb content in the composition of BZN. When the limit is exceeded minor phases are predicted by software analysis and confirmed by the experimental techniques. The presence of these phases is also verified by the scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy techniques. Increasing the Sb content is observed to decrease the value of the dielectric constant. The Sb doped BZN ceramics exhibits high dielectric quality factors that nominate it for applications in electronics as radio waves resonators.