Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 40, Issue 6, 639(2025)

Ba(Nd1/2Nb1/2)O3: Au Underrated K40 Microwave Dielectric Ceramic

Guoqiang HE, Kaiheng ZHANG, Zhentao WANG, Jian BAO, Zhaochen XI, Zhen FANG, Changhao WANG, Wei WANG, Xin WANG, Jiapei JIANG, Xiangkun LI, and Di ZHOU*
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  • School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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    Microwave dielectric ceramics are indispensable materials in the field of electronic communication, especially in high-frequency applications. They are widely used in microwave components such as resonators, filters, and oscillators due to their unique dielectric properties, including high relative dielectric constant (εr), low dielectric loss, and a temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (τf) close to zero. In this study, a Ba(Nd1/2Nb1/2)O3 (BNN) ceramic with a medium dielectric constant was prepared, which was confirmed to be monoclinic system with the space group C12/m1 through X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinement. As the sintering temperature increasing, the samples' densities initially rose, reaching a maximum bulk density (ρobs) of 6.32 g/cm3 and a relative density (ρrel) of 98% at 1550 ℃ before subsequently decreasing. The sample sintered at 1525 ℃ showed the best microwave dielectric properties: εr=38.44, a quality factor Q×f=25400 GHz, and τf=-6×10-6-1. It is worth noting that compared to the previously reported value of 11700 GHz, the Q×f value of BNN ceramic in this study increased by 117%, indicating that the microwave dielectric properties of BNN ceramic may have been underestimated due to factors such as testing methods, raw material properties and processing conditions. In addition, a full-dielectric frequency selective surface (FSS) was designed and simulated using this ceramic material, achieving a relative bandwidth of about 23.3%, and demonstrating excellent frequency selection performance. These attributes underscore the potential of BNN ceramics for applications in microwave dielectric ceramic materials and affirm its previously underestimated capabilities, as evidenced by the remarkable performance observed in FSS simulation.

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    Guoqiang HE, Kaiheng ZHANG, Zhentao WANG, Jian BAO, Zhaochen XI, Zhen FANG, Changhao WANG, Wei WANG, Xin WANG, Jiapei JIANG, Xiangkun LI, Di ZHOU. Ba(Nd1/2Nb1/2)O3: Au Underrated K40 Microwave Dielectric Ceramic [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2025, 40(6): 639

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    Received: Nov. 11, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 2, 2025

    The Author Email: Di ZHOU (zhoudi1220@xjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20240476

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