Electrical Characteristics and Microstructures of Bismuth Titanate Ceramics by Sm3+ Substitution

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The electrical properties of Sm-doped bismuth titanate,Bi4-xSmxTi3O12 (BST) ceramics prepared by a conventional electroceramic technique were investigated. XRD analyses revealed Bi-layered perovskite structure in all samples. The P-V hysteresis loops of samples with x=0.4 and 1.2 were characterized by large leakage current, whereas for samples with x=0.6 and 0.8 the P-E hysteresis loops were the saturated and undistorted hysteresis loops. The remanent polarization ( Pr ) and coercive field (Ec) of the BST ceramic with x=0.8 were above 20μC/cm2 and 60KV/cm , respectively.

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