Articles you may be interested inUnification of the negative electrocaloric effect in Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3-BaTiO3 solid solutions by Ba1/2Sr1/2TiO3 doping J.The dielectric relaxation behavior of (Na0.82K0.18)0.5Bi0.5TiO3 ferroelectric thin filmIn this article, we report the evolution of the dielectric behavior from a dielectric relaxor to a ferroelectric relaxor with variation of Bi concentration in (Sr 1Ϫ1.5x Bi x )TiO 3 (0рxр0.2). In the doping range 0.0005рxр0.002, two dielectric modes A and B are induced. The temperature (T m ) where the permittivity maximum occurs for modes A and B is independent of Bi concentration and of dc electric fields. The complex permittivity of modes A and B follows the empirical Cole-Cole equation. The relaxation time for modes A and B follows the Arrhenius law. The dielectric possessing this type of dielectric behavior is named as a ''dielectric relaxor.'' At xу0.0033, an additional mode C appears, whose T m increases with increasing Bi concentration. The complex permittivity for mode C does not follow the Cole-Cole equation. The relaxation time of mode C follows the Vogel-Fulcher law, indicating typical relaxor-ferroelectric behavior. In this work, we refer it to a ''ferroelectric relaxor'' mode. In the range of 0.0033рxр0.133, the coexistence of the dielectric-relaxor modes and the ferroelectric-relaxor mode is observed. In the samples doped with higher Bi concentration, modes A and B gradually merge into mode C, and only ferroelectric-relaxor behavior remains at xу0.133. This system provides a composition-controlled example of evolution from a ''dielectric relaxor'' to a ''ferroelectric relaxor.'' In addition, some controversial interpretations of the dielectric behavior of the Bi doped SrTiO 3 solid solutions in the literature are discussed, and the polarization relaxation species of modes A and B are attributed to Bi ions.