Abstract
A transparent glass with the composition 60B(2)O(3)-30Li(2)O-10Nb(2)O(5)
(mol%) was prepared by the melt-quenching technique. Glass-ceramics,
containing LiNbO3 ferroelectric crystallites, were obtained by
heat-treatment (HT) above 500 degrees C, with and without the presence
of an external electric field. The dielectric properties of the glass
and glass-ceramic were investigated, as a function of temperature
(270-315K), in the 10 mHz-32 MHz frequency range. The presence of an
external electric field, during the heating process, improves the
formation of LiNbO3 crystallites. The rise of the treatment temperature
and the applied field, during the heat-treatment, leads to a decrease in
the dc electric conductivity (sigma(dc)), indicating a decrease of the
charge carriers number. The dielectric permittivity (epsilon') values
(300 K; 1 kHz) are between 16.25 and 18.83, with the exception of the
550 degrees C HT sample that presents a epsilon' value of 11.25. An
electric equivalent circuit composed by an R in parallel with a CPE
element was used to adjust the dielectric data. The results reflect the
important role carried out by the heat-treatment and the electric field
during the HT in the electric properties of glass-ceramics. (c) 2008
Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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