Ba0.8Sr0.2Ti1-5x/4NbxO3 ceramics, x = 0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.10,
were fabricated by conventional solid-state reaction. With
increasing niobium content the ferroelectric phase transition
temperature decreases linearly, and the dispersivity of the
transition increases. Niobium B-site decreases transition
temperature more pronounced than Sr2+ at A-site. The
heterovalent substitution of Nb5+ in low content causes local
defect dipole, while more substitutions introduce disorder to
disturb the long-range dipole correlation. Ba0.8Sr0.2Ti1-
0.5/4Nb0.1O3 ceramic shows weak ferroelectric loop at room
temperature far from its transition temperature, 153 K.
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