Structural, electrical, and dielectric study of the influence of 3.4% lanthanide (Ln<sup>3+</sup> = Sm<sup>3+</sup> and La<sup>3+</sup>) insertion in the A-site of perovskite Ba<sub>0.95</sub>Ln<sub>0.034</sub>Ti<sub>0.99</sub>Zr<sub>0.01</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
El Hassan Yahakoub, Amine Bendahhou, Karim Chourti, Fatima Chaou, Ilyas Jalafi, Soufian El Barkany, Zahra Bahari, Mohamed Abou-Salama
Abstract
This paper presents a systematic study of the substitution effect by lanthanides (Ln 3+ = Sm 3+ and La 3+ ) in the A-site of perovskite Ba (1− x ) Ln 2 x /3 (Ti 0.99 Zr 0.01 )O 3 with a substitution rate equal to 3.4%.
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Materials sciencePerovskite (structure)LanthanideIonic radiusRietveld refinementDielectricFerroelectricityAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Grain boundarySolid-state reaction routeCrystallographyTetragonal crystal systemDielectric spectroscopyCrystal structureChemistryIonPhysical chemistryMicrostructureComposite materialOrganic chemistryElectrochemistryChromatographyOptoelectronicsElectrodeFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics SynthesisDielectric properties of ceramics