Studies of structural and electrical properties of Pb(Li1/4Eu1/4Mo1/2)O3 ceramics

Polycrystalline sample of Pb(Li1/4Eu1/4Mo1/2)O3 was prepared by usual ceramic route. X-ray diffraction, SEM and EDAX were used to check the formation, homogeneity and elements present in the compound. The measurement of dielectric constant (ɛ), dielectric loss (tanδ), hysteresis loop parameters (e.g. spontaneous polarization) as function of frequency and temperature suggest that the compound is a ferroelectric one and has a ferro-paraelectric phase transition at 112 ± 2°C. The measurement of dc resistivity both as function of biasing electric field and temperature of the compound suggests that the compound has negative temperature coefficient (NTC) of resistance above 100°C.