Rietveld refinement and dielectric studies of Bi0.8Ba0.2Fe0.95V0.05O3 ceramic

Polycrystalline Bi0.8Ba0.2Fe0.95V0.05O3 ceramic has been prepared by the conventional solid state reaction technique. The Rietveld refinement of x-ray powder diffraction revealed that the sample has a rhombohedral crystal structure (space group R3c) with average particle size of 29 nm. The values of dielectric constant (ε′) and dielectric loss (tan δ) increases with increasing temperature at different frequencies which may be the result of increase in the number of charge carriers and their mobilities due to the thermal activation. The Jonscher's universal power law used to analyze the ac conductivity. In the measured temperature range, the values of frequency exponent 's' are less than one and shows a continous decrease which is attributed to the short range translational hopping assisted by large polaron hopping mechanisms