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Crystal structure, infrared spectra, and microwave dielectric properties of low-firing Nd2Zr3(MoO4)9 ceramics prepared by reaction-sintering process

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Low temperature-sintered ceramics Nd2Zr3(MoO4)9 were successfully prepared via reaction-sintering method. The sintering behavior, microwave dielectric properties, crystal structure, and microstructure were analyzed systematically. XRD and Rietveld refinement results revealed that all samples formed a pure trigonal structure phase with the space group of R-3c. Density determination showed that ceramics possessed the highest relative density when sintered at 800 °C for 6 h. SEM image further confirmed that ceramics possessed dense and homogeneous microstructure at the optimum sintering temperature 800 °C. Far infrared spectra analysis showed the structural phonon oscillation at infrared region played an important role in polarization. Nd2Zr3(MoO4)9 ceramics obtained the optimum microwave dielectric properties of εr= 10.01, Q × f = 55,923 GHz, τf= − 13.81 ppm/ °C when sintered at 800 °C for 6 h.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 51972143).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China

    Xiaomeng Ma, Congyi Li, Zijia Fan & Haitao Wu

  2. School of Environment and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China

    Yuping Zhang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China

    Zhiliang Zhang

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Ma, X., Li, C., Fan, Z. et al. Crystal structure, infrared spectra, and microwave dielectric properties of low-firing Nd2Zr3(MoO4)9 ceramics prepared by reaction-sintering process. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 12620–12627 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03812-x

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