Solid state synthesis, sintering and dielectric properties of Li2MnSiO4 ceramics

The solid state reaction method was used to synthesise the Li2MnSiO4 ceramic. The first principle calculation, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, network analysis, and differentia-thermal analysis were taken to analyse its sintering and dielectric properties. The TE-mode Cylindrical Cavity method based on a cavity resonator was conducted to obtain the dielectric property at different frequencies. Two phases were formed, namely, Li2SiO3 and LiMn2O4, and the increasing sintering temperature increases the amount of LiMn2O4 and decreases that of Li2SiO3. The peak dielectric properties were obtained at 1000 °C; εr = 7.99 at 9.2 GHz, 7.86 at 10.6 GHz and 7.8 at 14.2 GHz; and tanδ = 0.00375 at 9.2 GHz, 0.00387 at 10.6 GHz and 0.004 at 14.2 GHz. The bulk density is 3.44 g/cm3, and the relative density is 96.1%.