AC dielectric properties of antimony-germanate-borate optical glass rods co-doped with silver nanoparticles

• Autorzy: Boiko Oleksandr , Żmojda Jacek Mariusz , Kochanowicz Marcin , Ragiń Tomasz , Markiewicz Jakub , Markowski Krzysztof , Komarzyniec Grzegorz Karol

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DOI

10.24425/aee.2025.154987

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents the investigation of the AC dielectric properties of optical glass rods co-doped with Ag nanoparticles. The samples presented a molar composition of 20Sb ₂O ₃ –30GeO₂ − (45 − 𝑥)H₃BO₃ –5Al₂O₃ –𝑥Ag and differed with Ag concentration 𝑥 in the range of 0.1 mol·%–0.6 mol·% as well as geometric dimensions. The rods have been prepared by the standard melt-quenching technique. An impedance spectroscopy in the measurement frequency range of 4 Hz–8 MHz at room temperature was used to determine the dielectric properties of rods. The paper shows frequency characteristics for impedance, phase shift angle, resistance, conductivity, dissipation factor, and both components of permittivity. The samples demonstrate high resistance (4.4 × 10⁶ < 𝑅 < 2.0 × 10¹¹ Ω) and mostly negative phase shift angle (0 < 𝜃 ≤ −90^◦ ), which indicates the purely dielectric nature of the materials and their capacitive character. Introducing Ag NPs into the rod’s structure causes growth in the impedance of about 40–120%, amplifies the real part of the permittivity over fivefold, and increases the electrical conductivity from two to 4.5 times, depending on frequency 𝑓 . Resistance, conductivity, dissipation factor, and imaginary part of permittivity demonstrate two-step saddle-shape dependencies that reflect dielectric and conduction processes between non- or partly oxidized or fully oxidized Ag nanoparticles separated by a glass matrix. The saddle points are different for low and high frequency regions, the values of which are next to 500 Hz and 5 × 10⁵ Hz, respectively, referring to two relaxation times in the interphase polarization process. Hopping conductivity has been proposed as the charge transfer mechanism in nanocomposite rods.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

co-doping; dielectric properties of optical glass rods; hopping conductivity; nanocomposites; optical glasses

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Electrical Engineering
• Czasopismo: Archives of Electrical Engineering
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 74, nr 3
• Strony: 617--629
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 47 poz., wykr., wz.

Twórcy

autor

Boiko Oleksandr

• Lublin University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Superconductivity Technologies, 38A Nadbystrzycka St., 20-618 Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7759-6269

autor

Żmojda Jacek Mariusz

• Białystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 45D Wiejska St., 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2680-937X

autor

Kochanowicz Marcin

• Białystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 45D Wiejska St., 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0251-186X

autor

Ragiń Tomasz

• Białystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 45D Wiejska St., 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0802-5777

autor

Markiewicz Jakub

• Białystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 45D Wiejska St., 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-4602

autor

Markowski Krzysztof

• Białystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 45D Wiejska St., 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6509-232X

autor

Komarzyniec Grzegorz Karol

• Lublin University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Superconductivity Technologies, 38A Nadbystrzycka St., 20-618 Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-8589

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).