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CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO) powders coated with carbon were synthesized by using a high-energy ball milling method. The obtained samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The carbon-coated CCTO particles had a rough surface, which resulted from the growth of the carbon coating on the CCTO particles. It was found that the CCTO phase was observed as the major phase and no reaction occurred between the carbon and CCTO during the sintering process. The grain size of the CCTO ceramics decreased with the increase in carbon content, which indicated that carbon inhibits grain growth of CCTO ceramics. Specially, the dielectric constant decreased with the increase in carbon content. And CCTO1 ceramic (mass ratio of CCTO: carbon = 10:1) showed a lower dielectric constant (3.74 × 104), with the dielectric loss value (0.04) much lower than that of CCTO at 20°C (10 k Hz).
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Wang, MH., Ma, XY., Zhang, B. et al. Effects of Carbon Coating on Microstructure and Dielectric Properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 . J. Electron. Mater. 43, 4322–4326 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-014-3337-5
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