Dielectric,ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties of lead-free Ba0.95Ca0.05Ti1-xZrxO3 ceramics

Abstract

Ba_0.95Ca_0.05Ti_1-xZr_xO₃ (BCTZO) ceramics were prepared by a solid state reaction method. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES). The ceramics exhibit a pure perovskite structure. The average grain size gradually decreases with increasing Zr concentration. XANES results indicate that the intensities of pre-edge peaks dropped with increasing Zr concentration. The BCTZO ceramic of x?=?0.05 has the optimum electrical properties with the maximum dielectric constant (ε'_m), remanent polarization (2P_r), coercive electric field (2E_c) and piezoelectric charge constant (d₃₃) of 7,244, 12.54 (μC/cm²), 5.29 (kV/cm) and 288 (pC/N), respectively.     

Improved energy storage density and energy efficiency of Samarium modified PMNT electroceramic

We report the improved energy storage density and efficiency after 2.5% of Samarium substitution in ferroelectric Pb[(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)_0.80Ti_0.20]O₃ (PMNT) electroceramic. The microstructure and surface morphology were analyzed and correlated with various functional properties. The energy storage density, leakage current density, ferroelectric and dielectric properties were investigated thoroughly, indicating that Samarium's substitution significantly modified the microstructure, the dielectric strength, breakdown electric field, and turned ferroelectric PMNT to relaxor ferroelectrics. Due to the relaxor nature, the gap between remanent polarization and maximum polarization increases with the substitution of Samarium in PMNT matrix, which further increases the recoverable energy storage density and energy efficiency. A nearly 100% increase in recoverable energy density and efficiency was obtained at an electric field strength of 35 kV/cm at room temperature (～296 K). The electroceramic shows maximum energy density near the ferroelectric phase transition temperature (325 K–345 K) region and provides a moderate energy storage density for possible applications in power microelectronics.     

Structure,dielectric properties of novel Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 based ceramics for energy storage application

(1-x) Ba(Zr_0.2Ti_0.8)O₃-x Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃ (x = 0, 10, 20 30, 40, 50 mol%) (BZTN) ceramics are prepared by the traditional solid phase method. All BZTN ceramics exhibit a pseudo-cubic BZT based perovskite structure. Both the average grain size and the relaxor ferroelectricity of BZTN ceramics gradually increase with increasing NBT content. The W_rec of 3.22 J/cm³ and η of 91.2% is obtained for the BZTN40 ceramic at 241 kV/cm. BZTN40 ceramic also exhibits good temperature stability from room temperature to 150 °C and frequency stability from 1 Hz to 100 Hz. A P_D of 0.621 J/cm³ and a t_0.9 of 82 ns is obtained for the BZTN40 ceramic at 120 kV/cm. BZTN ceramics show application potential in energy storage and pulse power capacitors.     

Coexistence of three ferroelectric phases and enhanced piezoelectric properties in BaTiO3–CaHfO3 lead-free ceramics

Perovskite ferroelectrics possess the fascinating piezoelectric properties near a morphotropic phase boundary, attributing to a low energy barrier that the results in structural instability and easy polarization rotation. In this work, a new lead-free system of (1-x)BaTiO₃-xCaHfO₃ was designed, and characterized by a coexistence of ferroelectric rhombohedral-orthorhombic-tetragonal (R-O-T) phases. With the increase amount of CaHfO₃ (x), a stable coexistence region of three ferroelectric phases (R-O-T) exists at 0.06 ≤ x ≤ 0.08. Both large piezoelectric coefficient (d₃₃～400 pC/N), inverse piezoelectric coefficient (d₃₃^*～547 pm/V) and planar electromechanical coupling factor (k_p～58.2%) can be achieved for the composition with x = 0.08 near the coexistence of three ferroelectric phases. Our results show that the materials with the composition located at a region where the three ferroelectric R-O-T phases coexist would have the lowest energy barrier and thus greatly promote the polarization rotation, resulting in a strong piezoelectric response.     

铁电存储器的研究进展

介绍了铁电存储器的存储原理,同时对两种铁电存储器(铁电随机存取存储器和铁电场效应晶体管存储器)的研究进展、当前存在的问题以及我国目前在这一领域的研究现状进行了简单介绍,并对今后的技术发展进行了展望。     

X7R弛豫复相铁电陶瓷的研究

以PZN-BT(低温相)、PMN-PT(高温相)为起始组元,采用混合烧结法制备了具有X7R介电特性电子瓷料,其介电温谱在55~+125℃范围内相当平坦,室温相对介电常数高达3 877,并从离子的键型分析了影响介电温度稳定性的原因,初步探讨了提高介电温度稳定性的机制。     

溶胶－凝胶法制备Pb（Zr，Ti）O_3玻璃陶瓷过程中的结构变化

本文介绍溶胶－凝胶法制备均匀ＰｂＺｒ－Ｔｉ－Ｂ－Ｓｉ凝胶玻璃，并通过适当热处理在凝胶玻璃中原位生长Ｐｂ（Ｚｒ；Ｔｉ）Ｏ３微晶的新工艺·利用ＩＲ谱考察了凝胶玻璃中的元素键合结构随温度的变化．结合热分析和ＸＲＤ；ＳＥＭ技术，研究了Ｐｂ（Ｚｒ，Ｔｉ）Ｏ３微晶在凝胶玻璃中的生长过程及该材料的结构特点．发现Ｐｂ２（Ｚｒ，Ｔｉ）２Ｏ６＋ｘ立方焦绿石介稳过渡相的纳米微晶首先出现于该体系中，并在更高的温度下先后完全转变成三方和四方Ｐｂ（Ｚｒ，Ｔｉ）Ｏ３钙钛矿相．电子显微观察结果表明，该工艺制备的Ｐｈ（Ｚｒ；Ｔｉ）Ｏ３玻璃陶瓷具有均匀的细晶结构．     

铁电体尺寸对其开关特性的影响

应用铁电体极化反转的Orihara Ishibashi理论 ,讨论了圆形铁电薄膜和球形铁电体的开关电流以及开关时间对系统尺寸的依赖性。数值计算表明 ,不论是二维还是三维铁电系统 ,其铁电畴反转过程中产生的开关电流都随系统尺寸减少而下降 ,开关时间随系统尺寸减少而缩短     

N.m.r. study of the ferroelectric phase transition in a 7030mol% copolymer of vinylidene fluoride (VF2) and trifluoroethylene (TrFE)

Nuclear magnetic resonance (n.m.r.) studies of ¹⁹F nuclei in a $\text{70}\text{30}\text{mol}\text{\%}$ random copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene were performed at 9.14 MHz and 20.0 MHz. The free induction decays (FIDs) were analysed in terms of two T₂ components attributed to the amorphous and crystalline portions of the polymer. The changes in crystallinity as well as the effects of the ferroelectric transition were observed during cycles of heating and cooling between 20°C and 140°C. The crystalline component of the FID lengthens by a factor of 2 at 100°C on heating and decreases by this factor at 60°C on cooling, thus exhibiting the thermal hysteresis of this ferroelectric transition. The spin-lattice relaxation was also investigated. From measurements at 9.14 MHz the observed longitudinal relaxation time T₁ appears to be dominated by the dynamics of the amorphous phase and exhibits no anomaly through the phase transition. However, from measurements at 20 MHz, well defined minima of T₁ were observed, which are associated with the ferroelectric transition (especially after repeated annealing of the samples). Results are discussed in terms of the crystalline phase structure, which appears dynamically disordered above the ferroelectric phase transition. An analogy is considered with the plastic phase transitions encountered in molecular crystals.     

脉冲激光沉积SrBi2Ta2O9铁电薄膜电容特性研究

用ＰＬＤ方法成功地制备了ＳＢＴ铁电薄膜，并制作成Ｐｔ／ＳＢＴ／Ｐｔ薄膜电容器。ＳＢＴ薄膜的晶面取向以（００８）和（１１５）为主。在５Ｖ电压下，极化反转，并且得到较饱和的电滞回线，剩余极化强度和矫顽电场分别为８４μＣ／ｃｍ２和５７ｋｖ／ｃｍ。ＩＶ特性测试显示两个对称的双稳峰，并得到零电压下，面积为３１４×１０４μｍ２，厚度为０３５μｍ的电容器，电容约为５６０ｐＦ，介电常数约为６００。疲劳测试表明Ｐｔ／ＳＢＴ／Ｐｔ具有优良的抗疲劳特性。