Spectroscopic analysis and temperature-dependent dielectric properties of bulk Ni–Zn ceramics

Abstract

In the present work, series of Zn ion-doped Ni[Formula: see text]ZnxFe2O4 ([Formula: see text]) ceramics were prepared by the double sintered solid-state reaction route to find out the influence of Zn[Formula: see text] ions on the crystal structure, lattice structure and dielectric behavior of parent NiFe2O4. X-ray diffraction (XRD) study favors that all the prepared compounds belong to the cubic spinel structure. Lattice parameters found to have increasing value with increased Zn[Formula: see text] ion substitution. The Raman scattering measurement discerns optical-active modes with blue shift as the doping increases. The dielectric constant ([Formula: see text] and dielectric tangent loss (tan [Formula: see text] decrease with an increase in frequency and at higher frequency, both become constant. Dielectric parameters observe nonlinear behavior with increasing Zn[Formula: see text] ion substitution. Room temperature dielectric constant of 10% Zn ion-doped NiFe2O4 [Ni[Formula: see text]Zn[Formula: see text]Fe2O4] is much higher as compared to other prepared ceramics. The room temperature ac conductivity is found to increase with increase in frequency and temperature-dependent ac conductivity increases with increase in temperature.