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Temperature dependence of field‐responsive mechanisms in lead zirconate titanate
Author(s) -
Chung ChingChang,
Fancher Chris M.,
Isaac Catherine,
Nikkel Jason,
Hennig Eberhard,
Jones Jacob L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.14979
Subject(s) - materials science , lead zirconate titanate , tetragonal crystal system , activation energy , arrhenius equation , ferroelectricity , phase transition , diffractometer , atmospheric temperature range , electric field , ceramic , phase (matter) , condensed matter physics , analytical chemistry (journal) , composite material , dielectric , thermodynamics , optoelectronics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , chromatography , scanning electron microscope
An electric field loading stage was designed for use in a laboratory diffractometer that enables in situ investigations of the temperature dependence in the field response mechanisms of ferroelectric materials. The stage was demonstrated by measuring PbZr 1− x Ti x O 3 ( PZT ) based materials—a commercially available PZT and a 1% Nb‐doped PbZr 0.56 Ti 0.44 O 3 ( PZT 56/44)—over a temperature range of 25°C to 250°C. The degree of non‐180° domain alignment (η 002 ) of the PZT as a function of temperature was quantified. η 002 of the commercially available PZT increases exponentially with temperature, and was analyzed as a thermally activated process as described by the Arrhenius law. The activation energy for thermally activated domain wall depinning process in PZT was found to be 0.47 eV . Additionally, a field‐induced rhombohedral to tetragonal phase transition was observed 5°C below the rhombohedral‐tetragonal transition in PZT 56/44 ceramic. The field‐induced tetragonal phase fraction was increased 41.8% after electrical cycling. A large amount of domain switching (η 002 =0.45 at 1.75 kV/mm) was observed in the induced tetragonal phase.