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Study of tungsten oxide effect on the performance of BaTiO3 ceramics

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BaTiO3/(WO3)x ceramics (where x = 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 5 wt%) were prepared by solid state reaction. X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy and ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry were used to investigate the structure, morphology and optical properties, respectively. The electrical and dielectric properties were also performed for different synthesized ceramics. A pure phase was obtained for x = 0.5 wt% ceramic, nevertheless a secondary phase was detected for x ≥ 1 wt% ceramics. The grains size increases for x = 0.5 wt% ceramic and then reduces abruptly with further increasing WO3 content. The increase of grains size and the absence of impurities were all efficient to enhance the dielectric properties. A suitable WO3 content leads to obtain ceramics having high dielectric constant and low tangent loss, which is encouraging for radio frequencies and microwaves applications.

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This work was supported by the Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (Projects Nos. 2017-IRMC-S-3 and 2018-IRMC-S-2) and the Deanship for Scientific Research (Projects Nos. 2018-209-IRMC and 2017-576-IRMC) of Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU – Saudi Arabia).

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  1. Department of Physics Research, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Y. Slimani, M. A. Almessiere & I. Ercan

  2. Laboratoire Matériaux Organisation et Propriétés (LMOP), Université de Tunis El Manar, Campus Universitaire, 2092, El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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  3. Laboratory of Physics of Materials - Structures and Properties, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, 7021, Zarzouna, Tunisia

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  4. Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    M. A. Almessiere

  5. Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, FBAS, International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

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  6. Department of Nano-Medicine Research, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

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Slimani, Y., Selmi, A., Hannachi, E. et al. Study of tungsten oxide effect on the performance of BaTiO3 ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 30, 13509–13518 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01718-x

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