Dielectric relaxation in BaTi0.85(Fe1/2Nb1/2)0.15O3 perovskite ceramic

A polycrystalline sample of BaTi0.85(Fe1/2Nb1/2)(0.15)O-3 is synthesized by high temperature solid state reaction technique. This sample crystallizes in cubic pervoskite structure at room temperature. The dielectric properties have been investigated at temperature range from 80 to 450 K at various frequencies (100-10(7) Hz). Frequency dielectric dispersion phenomena in a BaTi0.85(Fe1/2Nb1/2)(0.15)O-3 ceramic has been analyzed by impedance spectroscopy in the temperature range from 250 to 450 K. The Cole-Cole relaxation equation modified by introducing the conductivity was used to describe the experimental dielectric spectra of a high permittivity. Excellent agreement has been obtained in wide frequency domain (100-10(7) Hz) between the measured and calculated permittivities in the 250-450 K temperature range. The dielectric relaxation frequency obeys the Arrhenius behavior with activation energy of 0.181 eV. A separation of the grain and grain boundary properties has been achieved using an equivalent circuit model. The different parameters of this circuit have been determined using impedance and modulus spectroscopy studies. The inner grain conductivity also obeys the Arrhenius low behavior with activation energy of 0.183 eV. The dielectric relaxation and the inner grain conductivity have thus similar activation energies which suggest a link between these two phenomena. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.