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Spark plasma sintering (SPS) process was employed to synthesize Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3-Mg2SiO4-MgO composite at 1200 °C for 5 min. We systematically investigated the effect of this sintering method on the dielectric properties of the samples. Experiment results show that while the dielectric content increases, the permittivity of the composite presents a decreasing tend monotonously; however, the tunability first increases abnormally and then decreases. Most importantly, the composite ceramics exhibits higher tunability than undoped Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3. The interdiffusion in Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3-Mg2SiO4-MgO composite was controlled via SPS process and enables us to produce composites with lower permittivity and relatively higher tunability simultaneously, which is hard to realize through traditional solid-state reaction method. Our findings reveal that the improved tunability is derived mainly from the low sintering temperature and short sintering time in SPS, which greatly suppress the doping effects. This provides valuable insights for future development of tunable applications.
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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China under grant numbers 61671214 and 61401152. The authors wish to acknowledge the Analytical and Testing Center in Huazhong University of Science and Technology for XRD and ESEM analysis.
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Funding was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, (Grant Nos. 61671214, 61401152).
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Xu, Z., Fu, Z., Ling, F. et al. Simultaneously with lower permittivity and higher tunability achieved in Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3-Mg2SiO4-MgO composite ceramics prepared by spark plasma sintering. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 23630–23638 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09123-7
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