Technology and Dielectric Properties of BLT4 Ceramics Modified with Special Glass

Abstract

Lead-boron special glass was doped into Ba0.996La0.004Ti0.999O3 (BLT4) ceramics in order to control the sintering process and grain growth, consequently obtaining materials with a well-developed microstructure. Changes in the microstructure resulted in a significant decrease in electrical permittivity along with a substantial increase in its frequency dispersion. Glass-doped ceramics, similar to pure BLT4, are characterized by a first-order phase transition from the ferroelectric phase to the paraelectric phase. The temperature of this transition shifts slightly towards higher values with the increase in glass dopant concentration.