Dielectric relaxation in SrTiO3–SrMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and SrTiO3–SrSc1/2Ta1/2O3 solid solutions

Dielectric properties of ceramic samples of (1−x)SrTiO3–xSrMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and (1−x)SrTiO3–xSrSc1/2Ta1/2O3 solid solutions were studied at x⩽15% and x⩽10%, respectively. The real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant were measured at frequencies between 10 Hz and 1 MHz and in a temperature range of 4.2–300 K. Remarkable relaxation was found between 80 and 300 K. The relaxation was suggested to be due to local charge compensation processes. The activation energy for these processes was determined to be (0.25±0.05) eV with τ0=(10−12…10−13) s.