Papers by Author: Tao Yan

Abstract: Sintering behavior of pure and Nb-doped barium titanate powders prepared by high-gravity reactive precipitation (HGRP) process was investigated. A thermal dilatometer was employed to monitor the sintering shrinkage continuously during sintering. TEM and SEM were used to characterize the microstructures of the samples. The experimental results confirmed that Nb-doped BaTiO3 ceramics sintered at 1220°C for 2 h reached a larger densification of 97.0% relative density compared with 94.6% of pure BaTiO3 ceramics sintered at 1265°C for 2 h, and Nb-doped BaTiO3 ceramics had a smaller grain size (1.2μm) than that of pure BaTiO3 ceramics (2μm).

Abstract: In this work, a sub-micron grained sized (<500nm) ceramic (> 92% of theoretical) has been obtained using nano-sized BaTiO3 powders synthesized through a high-gravity reactive precipitation (HGRP) process. Permittivity of the prepared ceramic is greater than 2500. Also, low change ratio of temperature in the range of −55°C~ 125°C
i.e.< ±15% renders the ceramic to meet the EIA X7R characteristics. In the ceramic compositions, Dy2O3, BaCO3, CaCO3, MnCO3 and MgO were used as dopants. After being mixed and dry-pressed, the above mentioned compositions in reducing atmosphere (N2 and 5% H2) were sintered at 1210°C−1290°C for 2h, respectively. Experimental results show that HGRP BaTiO3 powders have good dielectric properties. The dielectric properties as well as the microstructure of the ceramic are both sensitive to the change of sintering temperature.

Abstract: Precursors of calcium strontium zirconate (Ca0.8Sr0.2ZrO3) were synthesized by oxalate coprecipitation method. TG-DTA was used to characterize the thermal decomposition behaviors of the precursors. The XRD results revealed that the powders crystallized as cubic Ca0.8Sr0.2ZrO3 with increasing heating temperature up to 1000°C. Calcium strontium zirconate ceramics were obtained under conventional sintering conditions by using the as-prepared Ca0.8Sr0.2ZrO3 powders. The SEM micrographs of the ceramics sintered at 1450oC exhibited narrow grain-size distribution with the average grain size around 0.7 4m. The dielectric properties showed that, dielectric constant of the Ca0.8Sr0.2ZrO3 was about 24.0 and dielectric loss was 0.002 at the frequency of 1GHz and the room temperature.

Abstract: The sensitivity of CuO dispersed on fluorite-type oxide, namely CeO2 was studied in this work. Mixed oxide sample of nanostructured CuxCe1-xO2-y of various composition were generated by step chemical precipitation method. Distinct copper species were identified as a function of copper content by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, the special surface areas, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy analysis, and sensing properties to CO. It was found that only small amounts of copper are sufficient to promote the sensitivity of CeO2 by several orders of magnitude, which excessive amounts of copper (Cu/(Cu+Ce)>0.12) are detrimental to the sensing properties of nanocompositions. The possible causes for this behavior are also discussed.