Crystal structure and dielectric properties of layered perovskite-like solid solutions Bi_(3-x)Gd_(x)TiNbO_(9)(x=0,0.1,0.2,0.3)with high Curie temperature

The Aurivillius phases(APs)[Bi_(2)O_(2)]2t[A_(m-1)B_(m)O_(3m+1)]2-are well-known ferroelectrics with high Curie temperatures.Hightemperature piezoceramics Bi_(3-x)Gd_(x)TiNbO_(9)(BiGdTiNb,x=0,0.1,0.2,0.3)were prepared by a solid-state reaction method.The structural and electrophysical characteristics of BiGdTiNb ceramics have been studied.According to the data of powder X-ray diffraction,all the compounds are single-phase with the structures of two-layer APs(m=2)with the orthorhombic crystal lattice(space group A21am).The temperature dependence of the relative permittivityε/ε_(0)(T)of the compounds was measured and showed that the Curie temperature of perovskite-like oxides Bi_(3-x)Gd_(x)TiNbO_(9) increases linearly with an increase in the substitution parameter x to T_(C)=950℃.The activation energies of charge carriers have been found in different temperature ranges.