Effect of sintering condition on crystal structure and dielectric properties of novel LuGa1/3Ti2/3O3+x/2 and RGa1/3Ti2/3O3+x/2 (R= Lu0.2Yb0.2Tm0.2Er0.2Ho0.2) high-entropy ceramic compounds: A comparative study

A. Durán*, S. Sharma, F. Brown, V. E. Álvarez-Montaño

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Abstract

Recently, a new series of layered ternary compounds coming from pseudobinary RGaO3 – R2Ti2O7 have been synthesized and stabilized in out-of-equilibrium (quenching in air) conditions. One of them is the LuGa1/3Ti2/3O3+x/2 (LGTO) compound forming a superstructure of Lu - O and Ga/Ti – O layers stacked along the c-axis. Accordingly, it is imperative to investigate the dielectric behavior in order to envision possible technological applications. Based on this compound, High-Entropy Ceramic (HECs) material has been designed introducing five equimolar rare earth elements in the Lu site with a chemical formula Lu0.2Yb0.2Tm0.2Er0.2Ho0.2Ga1/3Ti1/3O3+x/2 (RGTO). The X-ray diffraction pattern shows that the single-phase was successfully formed and then sintering temperatures at 1300, 1400, and 1500 °C were performed to investigate the phase stability. SEM - EDX images show homogeneous cation distribution in both the LuGa1/3Ti2/3O3+x/2 compound and the designed high-entropy ceramic material. A comparison of the band-gap energy estimated from the UV–vis spectra for the pristine and designed High-entropic compounds is reported. Finally, the dielectric properties were analyzed between room temperature up to 500 °C. It is found that the disorder induced by the multicomponent cations in the crystal lattice has no considerable effect on the dielectric constant and in the extrinsic (lattice defects) and intrinsic (charge compensations) dielectric loss tangent. It is argued that the very good dielectric constant (∼150 for LGTO and 21–13 for HECs – RGTO) and loss tangent (>0.01 in both compounds) over a wide range of temperatures along with moderately high values in the band-gap energy (∼3.71 eV for LGTO and ∼3.86 eV for RGTO) make this group of materials good candidates for capacitors and related devices.

Original languageEnglish
Article number126307
JournalMaterials Chemistry and Physics
Volume287
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
A. Durán (A.D.) thanks to Project No. IN101919 by DGAPA-PAPIIT . In addition, A.D. and V. E. A.M. acknowledge the financial support provided by CIC-UNAM and Universidad de Sonora through the academic exchange between the CNyN-UNAM and UNISON.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • Band-gap energy
  • Dielectric properties
  • High-entropic ceramic systems
  • Microstructure and mapping characterization
  • Solid state reaction synthesis

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