Solid solutions of Sr-doped barium nonatitanate (Ba
2
Ti
9
O
20
) ceramics were synthesized by
a mixed
oxide route, studied their structural, microstructural, optical, and
microwave dielectric properties were studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD)
has been used to reveal the structure and crystallite size of doped
Ba
2
Ti
9
O
20
ceramics. Rietveld refinements
of XRD patterns revealed that all of the ceramics have a tetragonal
structure with space group
I
4/
m
.
The surface morphologies of all the samples were characterized by
using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fourier transform infrared
(FT-IR) studies gave the O–H and Ti–O modes of vibrations.
The stretching modes of Ti–O and O–H were noted at 1400,
2960, 3700, and near to 440 cm
–1
, respectively.
The band gap energy decreases with increasing Sr
2+
contents,
and a high value (2.12 eV) was observed in the base sample. The microwave
dielectric properties of the ceramic samples were studied at different
frequencies ranging from 1 to 2 GHz by using impedance spectroscopy.
The obtained results showed the suitability of these samples for microwave
dielectric resonator (antenna) applications.