Enhanced grain orientation degree and electrical properties in PSN-PMN-PT textured ceramics under the effect of sintering aids

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2024.02.051

Abstract

Abstract: In this work, texturing is proposed to improve the piezoelectric response of PSN-PMN-PT ceramics. The PSN-PMN-PT textured ceramic with a Lotgering factor F₀₀₁ higher than 99% was synthesized by the liquid-phase-assisted template grain growth (TGG) method. The addition of CuO/B₂O₃ sintering aids improves the BT templates induced grain orientation growth behavior significantly. In comparison with its random counterpart, the Cu/B-T textured ceramic exhibits a high Lotgering factor F₀₀₁ of 99% and significantly enhanced dielectric and piezoelectric responses: ε_r ∼ 3100, tanδ ∼ 0.8%, d₃₃ ∼ 1030 pC N^-1, d₃₃⋅g₃₃ ∼ 34.2 × 10^-12 m² N^-1, d₃₃* ∼ 1490 pm V^-1@5 kV cm^-1, S_max ∼ 0.26%@20 kV cm^-1 and H_s ∼ 8.5%. In the meantime, good temperature stability is observed in the Cu/B-T textured ceramic with a variation of d₃₃*@20 kV cm^-1 and annealed d₃₃ lower than 9.68% and 18.1% over a wide temperature range of 25-140 °C. This work shows that PSN-PMN-PT textured ceramic (Cu/B-T) has great potential for electromechanical device applications such as precision actuators, ultrasound transducers, and energy harvesters.

Key words: PSN-PMN-PT, Textured ceramics, Grain orientation, Sintering aids, Piezoelectric, Temperature stability

Ruigang Qiu, Feifei Guo, Jie Wu, Wenqiang Bai, Yifei Chen, Hongqiao Zhou, Wei Long, Xiaojuan Li, Pinyang Fang, Zhonghua Dai, Jie Dong, Zengzhe Xi. Enhanced grain orientation degree and electrical properties in PSN-PMN-PT textured ceramics under the effect of sintering aids[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2024, 199: 114-124.

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