A solid-state reaction was performed to create Li1/2Y1/2Cu3Ti4O12, a ceramic
with a very high dielectric constant. The crystal structure of the
ceramic samples belongs to the Im3 space group. Impurity
phases such as CuO and TiO2 have been identified. A dielectric
constant of approximately 4.70–5.00 × 103 and
a low loss tangent of 0.091–0.126 were obtained from our sintered
Li1/2Y1/2Cu3Ti4O12 (LYCTO) ceramics. Impedance spectroscopy results showed the ceramic
microstructure to be electrically heterogeneous. From our electron
density analysis, the oxygen vacancy in the LYCTO lattice is associated
with the observation of the Cu+ and Ti3+ ions.
Finally, significantly divergent values between R
g and R
gb and between E
g and E
gb indicate
that an internal barrier layer capacitor contributes significantly
to this ceramic’s enormous dielectric properties.