We have used low temperature organics to achieve orientation of the grains of Ca_2/3Cu₃Ti₄O₁₂ (CCTO) compound to increase the resistivity. During the past fifteen years CCTO has been studied extensively for its performance as a dielectric capacitor. We have synthesized and grown large grains of pure Ca_2/3Cu₃Ti₄O₁₂ and doped compound, and studied the dielectric constant and resistivity. The grains were aligned by using a naphthalene-camphor eutectic. CCTO was mixed in the organic melt and oriented by the directional solidification method. This material has different characteristics than pure processed CCTO material. The effect of solidification conditions and its effect on the morphology and the dielectric constant, resistivity and loss tan delta of pure and doped CCTO are described in this article.

Date Published: 18 May 2015
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 9493, Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and Applications VI, 949308 (18 May 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2177694

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9493:
Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and Applications VI
Nibir K. Dhar; Achyut K. Dutta, Editor(s)