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Article Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 12Structural, optical, electrical and dielectric properties of Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5-xNixO6.92-3x/2 solid solution(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2012) Qasrawi, A. F.; Nazzal, E. M.; Mergen, A.The effects of Ni content on the structural, optical, dielectric and electrical properties of Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5O6.92 pyrochlore ceramics have been investigated. Nickel atoms were inserted into pure samples in accordance to the composition Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5-xNixO6.92-3x/2, with x varying from 0.07 to 0.40. The structural analysis revealed that a single phase of the pyrochlore compound can be obtained for x values of 0.07 and 0.10 only. Further increase in Ni caused the appearance of multiple phases. The optical energy band gaps are determined as 3.30, 3.35 and 3.52 eV for Ni content of 0.00, 0.07 and 0.10 respectively. The temperature dependent electrical resistivity and the frequency dependent capacitance are observed to increase with increasing Ni content. The resonance frequency, which was determined from the capacitance-frequency dependence, was observed to shift from 12.14 to 10.47 kHz as the x values increase from 0.00 to 0.10 respectively.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Effect of Ionic Substitution on the Structural, Dielectric and Electrical Properties of Bismuth Zinc Niobate Ceramics(Korean Assoc Crystal Growth, inc, 2012) Qasrawi, A. F.; Abu Je'ib, Hussein A.; Mergen, A.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringThe effects of tin substitution on the structural, dielectric and electrical properties of the Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5O6.92 pyrochlore ceramics have been investigated. Tin atoms was substituted in the A (Bi1.5Zn0.46)-site instead of zinc and in the B ((Zn0.46Nb1.5)-site instead of niobium in accordance to the chemical formulae Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5-xO6.92-x/2 and (Bi1.5-x/3Zn0.46-3x/2Snx)(Nb1.5Zn0.46)O-6.92, for 0.00 <= x <= 0.40 and 0.00 <= x <= 0.60, respectively. A relative single phase formation of the structures was possible for x values less than 0.25 and less than 0.10. Pronounced tunability in the dielectric constant values associated with very low dielectric loss are obtainable by Sn substitution. Furthermore, a frequency invariant but linearly varying temperature dependent dielectric constant is observed. The electrical conductivity decreased by two and one order of magnitude for the A and B-site substitutions, respectively. The temperature-dependent conductivity analysis in the temperature region of 300-500 K, reflected the existence of shallow and deep impurity energy levels being created by the doping process.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Cobalt Doping Effects on the Mechanical and Electrical Parameters of Bi1.5zn0.92< Solid Solution(indian Ceramic Soc, 2014) Qasrawi, A. F.; Jaradat, Haneen N. M.; Mergen, A.The cobalt doping effects on the lattice constant, strain, grain size, dislocation density and electrical conduction are investigated by means of X-ray diffraction and electrical resistivity measurements on the Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5-xCoxO6.92-x (x=0.03-0.20) ceramics, respectively. Increasing cobalt content sharply increases compressing strain and dislocation density and decreases both the lattice constant and the grain size of the pyrochlore. At a doping content of 0.05 new minor phase of ZnO appears. The ZnO grains increase with increasing cobalt content. When the cobalt doping is repeated in accordance with the formula Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5-xCoxO6.92-x, a single phase pyrochlore is obtained with cobalt content up to 0.10. The electrical resistivity analysis reflects increasing activation energy with increasing cobalt content. The cobalt creates an impurity level in the energy gap of the pyrochlore that shifts towards the mid gap converting the extrinsic nature of conductivity to intrinsic at a cobalt content of 0.10.
