Dielectric Properties of BiNbO₄-Based Ceramic-Polymer Composites with 0-3 Connectivity

Abstract:

In the present study two-phase BiNbO₄//PVDF composites with 0-3 connectivity were studied by impedance spectroscopy within the frequency range Δν=100Hz-1MHz at room temperature. Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) acted as a matrix whereas bismuth niobate (BiNbO₄) powder acted as a dispersed phase. The volume fraction of the ceramic phase was c_V=2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 16 and 20vol%. Analysis of the impedance data registered for composites as well as for BiNbO₄ ceramics and PVDF polymer was performed on the base of complex dielectric permittivity mathematical formalism. It was found by impedance spectroscopy that concentration of the dispersed phase had an effect on dielectric properties of ceramic-polymer composite. Experimental data of impedance spectroscopy were fitted to the corresponding equivalent circuit using the complex non-linear least squares method. An equivalent electric circuit consisting of a series combination of two parallel combinations of a resistance R and a constant phase element CPE was found to describe well the dynamic dielectric response of the objects under study. Parameters of the equivalent electric circuit were calculated and it was found that two distinct relaxation processes were present in the composite samples. It was also found that volume fraction of the dispersed phase c_V=8vol% corresponded to a local minimum of resistance whereas c_V=10vol% of the dispersed phase corresponded to a local minimum of capacitance.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 602-603)
• Pages: 723-727
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.602-603.723
• Online since: March 2014
• Authors: Agata Lisińska-Czekaj, Joanna Micior, Małgorzata Adamczyk, Dionizy Czekaj
• Keywords: BiNbO₄, Composite, Dielectric Property, Impedance Spectroscopy, Micromechatronic Materials, PVDF

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