High temperature stability of the dielectric and insulating properties of Ca(Ti, Zr)SiO5 ceramics

Useful dielectric properties for high-temperature ceramic capacitors are demonstrated in a non-perovskite oxide, Ca(Ti-0.85 Zr-0.15)SiO5, which is mainly composed of one-dimensional chains of oxygen octahedra that are mutually linked by SiO4 tetrahedra. Its dielectric constant and low temperature coefficient of capacitance were found to be 43 and -102 ppm/K, respectively, over the wide temperature range of 300-780 K. The high insulating performance was also indicated by the high resistivity, exceeding 10(11) Omega cm up to 523 K. The systematic dielectric measurements for Ca(Ti1-x Zr-x)SiO5 as functions of the composition and temperature indicate that the suppression of the anti-ferroelectric phase transition of CaTiSiO5 by Zr4+-substitution is a key to improve the temperature-stability and the high-resistivity in Ca(Ti1-x Zr-x)SiO5. The present results shed light on the development of a designing principle for ceramic capacitors for the high-temperature use. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.