Preparation of Lanthanum-Doped Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 Ceramics Sheets by Tape Casting

The physical and electrical properties of lanthanum doped Pb（Zr,Ti）O3 ceramic sheets （PLZT） which were prepared by tape casting method were carried out. Tape casting of lanthanum modified PZT was performed using commercial cellulose acetate binders and poly（ethylene glycol） plasticizers in ethanol solvent. Tapes from these slips were casted on a polymer substrate. The PLZT green tapes were stacked for 5 units and sintered in air at 1050℃ for 1 h with heating rate 5℃/min. SEM micrographs show that the tape is dense （90.26% of theoretical density） and rather uniform with grain size of approximately 1.1 9 m. The dielectric permittivity and loss tangent of PLZT ceramics as a function of temperature at 1 kHz suggest that the compounds exhibit a phase transition of diffuse type. The transition temperature （Tm ） and piezoelectric coefficient （ d33 ） were 110℃ and 117 pC/N, respectively.     

Effect of cesium and cerium substitution on the dielectric properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics

In this study, CaCu₃Ti₄O₁₂ (CCTO) ceramics were doped with cesium and cerium atoms to possibly improve the electrical properties of these widely used ceramics. In all cases, pure phase perovskites were produced where cesium doping enhanced the grain growth and cerium doping produced grain growth inhibition. The cesium doping showed an improvement in loss tangent performance, in contrast to the cerium doping which showed a negative result. A high dielectric constant >15,000 with a dielectric loss lower than 0.06 was observed for cesium 2.0 mol% doped at high frequencies. These results were related to the change in microstructure and the properties of grain boundary after doping.