Effect of Microwave Sintering on the Properties of 0.95(Ca0.88Sr0.12)TiO3–0.05(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 Ceramics

Abstract

Perovskite ceramics are a common microwave dielectric material, but the development and application of this material has been limited by the high, positive resonance frequency temperature coefficient and sintering temperature. Therefore, adjusting the temperature coefficient of the resonance frequency and reducing the sintering temperature have become important research directions. In this work, 0.95(Ca0.88Sr0.12)TiO3–0.05(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 ceramics (referred to as 0.95CST-0.05BNT) were prepared by standard solid-state reaction and microwave sintering. Microwave sintering greatly shortened the sintering period and holding time. Moreover, the 0.95CST–0.05BNT ceramics showed more uniform grain size distribution, and microwave sintering reduced energy consumption in the experiment. Therefore, the temperature coefficient of the resonance frequency of MWS ceramics was reduced by 119 × 10−6 /℃. All of the ceramics, which were sintered at 1300 °C for 40 minutes, showed optimal microwave dielectric properties: εr = 187.6, Q × f = 8958 GHz, and τf = +520 × 10−6 /°C.