ZnBO-doped (Ba, Sr)TiO3 ceramics for the low-temperature sintering process

ZnBO-doped (Ba, Sr)TiO3 ceramics were investigated for low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCCs) applications. Until now, B2O3 and Li2CO3 dopants have been commonly employed as the low-temperature sintering aids. In this paper, we suggest ZnBO as an alternative dopant to the B2O3 and Li2CO3. To reduce the sintering temperature of (Ba, Sr)TiO3, we have added 1–5 wt.% of ZnBO to (Ba, Sr)TiO3. ZnBO-doped (Ba, Sr)TiO3 ceramics were respectively sintered from 750 to 1350 °C by 50 °C to confirm the sintering temperature with different dopant contents. By adding 5 wt.% of ZnBO to the (Ba, Sr)TiO3 ceramics, the sintering temperature of (Ba, Sr)TiO3 ceramics can be reduced to 1100 °C. From the XRD analysis, ZnBO-doped (Ba, Sr)TiO3 has no pyro phase. By adding ZnBO dopants to (Ba, Sr)TiO3 ceramics, both of relative dielectric permittivity and loss tangent were decreased. From the frequency dispersion of dielectric properties, the relative dielectric permittivity and loss tangent of 5 wt.% ZnBO-doped (Ba, Sr)TiO3 were 1180 and 3.3 × 10−3, while those of BST were 1585 and 4.8 × 10−3, respectively.