The present work concerns the preparation, dielectric, ferroelectric and pie
zoelectric characteri
zations of the lead-free ceramic composition
BaTi
b>0.975b>(Zn
b>1/3b>N
bb>2/3b>)
b>0.025b>O
b>3b>. This lead-free composition could
be of great interest for environment friendly applications (dielectric for capacitors, actuators, etc.). This ceramic was prepared using the conventional mixed-oxide technique. The temperature dependence of the dielectric constant of this composition BaTi
b>0.975b>(Zn
b>1/3b>N
bb>2/3b>)
b>0.025b>O
b>3b> was investigated. The rhom
bohedral–orthorhom
bic and orthorhom
bic–quadratic perovskite transitions are characteri
zed
by two weak peaks
but the tetragonal–cu
bic ferroelectric–paraelectric one is characteri
zed
by a pronounced peak with weak frequency dispersion. Excellent dielectric properties have
been o
btained for this composition. A
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z reaches of a
bout as 9700 was o
bserved. The polari
zation versus electric field hysteresis measurements showed a well-defined hysteresis loop with a remanent polari
zation of 1.05
bc;C/cm
2 with a coercive field of 0.85 kV/cm at room temperature. BaTi
b>0.975b>(Zn
b>1/3b>N
bb>2/3b>)
b>0.025b>O
b>3b> exhi
bits an important value of
db>31b> coefficient which reaches as high as 90 pC N
−1. From these results, we can consider this composition is of great interest for applications.