Issue 24, 2015

The relationship between bond ionicity, lattice energy, coefficient of thermal expansion and microwave dielectric properties of Nd(Nb1−xSbx)O4 ceramics

Abstract

The crystalline structure refinement, chemical bond ionicity, lattice energy and coefficient of thermal expansion were carried out for Nd(Nb1−xSbx)O4 ceramics with a monoclinic fergusonite structure to investigate the correlations between the crystalline structure, phase stability, bond ionicity, lattice energy, coefficient of thermal expansion, and microwave dielectric properties. The bond ionicity, lattice energy, and coefficient of thermal expansion of Nd(Nb1−xSbx)O4 ceramics were calculated using a semiempirical method based on the complex bond theory. The phase structure stability varied with the lattice energy which was resulted by the substitution constant of Sb5+. With the increasing of the Sb5+ contents, the decrease of Nb/Sb–O bond ionicity was observed, which could be contributed to the electric polarization. The εr had a close relationship with the Nb/Sb–O bond ionicity. The increase of the Q × f and |τf| values could be attributed to the lattice energy and the coefficient of thermal expansion. The microwave dielectric properties of Nd(Nb1−xSbx)O4 ceramics with the monoclinic fergusonite structure were strongly dependent on the chemical bond ionicity, lattice energy and coefficient of thermal expansion.

Graphical abstract: The relationship between bond ionicity, lattice energy, coefficient of thermal expansion and microwave dielectric properties of Nd(Nb1−xSbx)O4 ceramics

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Apr 2015
Accepted
10 May 2015
First published
11 May 2015

Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 10932-10938

Author version available

The relationship between bond ionicity, lattice energy, coefficient of thermal expansion and microwave dielectric properties of Nd(Nb1−xSbx)O4 ceramics

P. Zhang, Y. Zhao and X. Wang, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 10932 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT01343G

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