Dielectric materials,such as barium titanate(BT)-based materials,have excellent dielectric properties but require high temperatures(above 1300℃)for ceramic fabrication,leading to high costs and energy loss.The cold s...Dielectric materials,such as barium titanate(BT)-based materials,have excellent dielectric properties but require high temperatures(above 1300℃)for ceramic fabrication,leading to high costs and energy loss.The cold sintering process(CSP)offers a solution to these issues and is gaining worldwide attention as an innovative fabrication route.In this work,we proposed an alternative organic ferroelectric phase,gamma-glycine(γ-GC),which acts as a transient liquid phase to fabricate high-density composites with barium titanate(BT)at low temperatures through CSP.Our findings show that the density of 15γ-GC/85BT reached 96.7%±1.6%when it was sintered at 120℃for 6 h under 10 MPa uniaxial pressure.Scanning electron microscopy‒energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(SEM‒EDS)mappings of the composite suggested thatγ-GC completely underwent the precipitation-dissolution process and,therefore,filled between BT particles.Moreover,X-ray diffraction(XRD)and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR)confirmed the preservation ofγ-GC without undesired phase transformation.In addition,the ferroelectric and dielectric properties ofγ-GC/BT composites have been reported.The high dielectric constant(εr)was 3600,and the low dielectric loss(tanδ)was 1.20 at 200℃and 100 kHz for the 15γ-GC/85BT composite.The hysteresis loop showed a remanent polarization(Pr)of 0.55µC·cm^(−2)and a coercive field(Ec)of 7.25 kV·cm^(−1).Our findings reaffirmed that an organic ferroelectric material(γ-GC)can act as a transient liquid phase in a CSP that can successfully and sustainably fabricateγ-GC/BT composites at low temperatures while delivering outstandingly high performance.展开更多
基金supported by King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang(KMITL)under Grant Nos.KREF116501 and 2567-02-05-020funded by Grant No.KREF016412+2 种基金supported by the National Research Council of Thailand(NRCT)through Grant No.N42A650220support from the School of Science at KMITL.T.Bongkarn acknowledges financial assistance from Naresuan University,the National Science,Research,and Innovation Fund(NSRF)under Grant No.R2567B001the Global and Frontier Research University Fund at Naresuan University(NU)under Grant No.R2567C001.
文摘Dielectric materials,such as barium titanate(BT)-based materials,have excellent dielectric properties but require high temperatures(above 1300℃)for ceramic fabrication,leading to high costs and energy loss.The cold sintering process(CSP)offers a solution to these issues and is gaining worldwide attention as an innovative fabrication route.In this work,we proposed an alternative organic ferroelectric phase,gamma-glycine(γ-GC),which acts as a transient liquid phase to fabricate high-density composites with barium titanate(BT)at low temperatures through CSP.Our findings show that the density of 15γ-GC/85BT reached 96.7%±1.6%when it was sintered at 120℃for 6 h under 10 MPa uniaxial pressure.Scanning electron microscopy‒energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(SEM‒EDS)mappings of the composite suggested thatγ-GC completely underwent the precipitation-dissolution process and,therefore,filled between BT particles.Moreover,X-ray diffraction(XRD)and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR)confirmed the preservation ofγ-GC without undesired phase transformation.In addition,the ferroelectric and dielectric properties ofγ-GC/BT composites have been reported.The high dielectric constant(εr)was 3600,and the low dielectric loss(tanδ)was 1.20 at 200℃and 100 kHz for the 15γ-GC/85BT composite.The hysteresis loop showed a remanent polarization(Pr)of 0.55µC·cm^(−2)and a coercive field(Ec)of 7.25 kV·cm^(−1).Our findings reaffirmed that an organic ferroelectric material(γ-GC)can act as a transient liquid phase in a CSP that can successfully and sustainably fabricateγ-GC/BT composites at low temperatures while delivering outstandingly high performance.
