采用固相法制备了稀土氧化物Re2O3(Re=Pr,Nd)掺杂SrTiO3陶瓷,其化学式为[Reo02Sro97(Vs,)0.01]Ti03(Re0.02Sr0.97TiO3:Re-STO,Re=Pr,Nd)。XRD分析结果表明,Re-STO陶瓷具有与纯SrTi03(STO)陶瓷类似的单一立方钙钛矿结构。SEM分析发现Re.STO陶瓷的晶粒尺寸分布很不均匀,大晶粒在10gm左右,而小晶粒只有1gm左右,小晶粒填充在由大晶粒形成的晶界或三角晶界处。采用HP4294精密阻抗分析仪、JJC9906-A介电强度测试仪以及FMRL偏压测试系统测试了Re.STO陶瓷的介电性能,并评价了其储能特性。结果表明:在最佳烧成温度1350℃制备的Re-STO陶瓷在1kHz下的相对介电常数(Pr-STO:εr=1860;Nd.STO:εr=1670)是纯STO陶瓷的(εr=300)5倍以上,而介电损耗则保持在0.03(1kHz)以下;Re-STO陶瓷具有较高的击穿强度Eb〉15kV/mm;在本研究的偏压测试条件范围内,Re-STO陶瓷的岛变化均在±12%以内,其储能密度与偏压则符合二次抛物线关系。因此Re-STO陶瓷可近似认为是线性电介质,是中高压固态储能介质材料理想的候选体系。本研究还对Re-STO陶瓷的相结构、微观结构以及可能的缺陷结构与其介电性能、储能特性之间的关系进行了讨论。
Rare earth oxides Re203 (Re=Pr, Nd) doped SrTiO3 ceramics with the formula of [Re0.02Sr0.97(Vsr)0.01]TiO3 (Re0.02Sr0.97TiO3: Re-STO) were prepared by a solid state reaction method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results indicate that Re-STO ceramics have a single cubic perovskite structure which is similar to that of pure SrTiO3. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis shows inhomogeneous grain size distribution in Re-STO ceramics with big grains of about 10 μm and small ones of about 1μm, and the small grains normally exist in grain boundaries and/or triangle grain boundaries among big grains. The dielectric properties of Re-STO ceramics were measured by HP4294 precision impedance analyzer, JJC9906-A breakdown strength testing instrument and FMRL bias voltage testing system, and the energy storage characteristics was evaluated. The results show that the relative dielectric constants of Re-STO ceramics (Pr-STO: εr=1860; Nd-STO:εr=1670), prepared at the optimized sintering temperature of 1350℃, increase by more than 5 times than that of pure STO ceramics (εr=300 kHz), while the dielectric loss of Re-STO ceramics still remains lower than 0.03 (1 kHz). The breakdown strength Eb of Re-STO ceramics is higher than 15 kV/mm. Under the bias voltage testing conditions used in this study, the er of Re-STO ceramics changes within ±12%, and the relationship between energy storage density and bias voltage is in good line with quadratic parabola function. Therefore, Re-STO ceramics can be treated as linear dielectrics, which should be very promising for medium/high voltage solid state energy storage applications. Meanwhile, the relationship between the phase structure, microstructure, possible defect structure and the dielectric properties, energy storage characteristics of Re-STO ceramics were also discussed.