scholarly journals Elastic and Dielectric Evaluation of the Piezoelectric Response of Ferroelectrics Using Unpoled Ceramics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Cordero
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramics ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
Poling Process ◽  
Single Temperature ◽  
High Level ◽  
Ferroelectric Transition Temperature ◽  
Elastic Softening

The evaluation of the piezoelectric properties of ferroelectric ceramics generally has a high level of uncertainty, due to incomplete poling, porosity, domain wall clamping and other effects. In addition, the poling process is often difficult and dangerous, due to the risk of breaking or damaging the sample. A method is described for the evaluation of the potential intrinsic piezoelectric response that a ceramic would have after full poling, without poling it. The method relies on the fact that any material undergoes an elastic softening below the ferroelectric transition temperature, whose magnitude can be expressed in terms of the intrinsic piezoelectric and dielectric coefficients of the material. Such a softening is equivalent to an electromechanical coupling, averaged over all the components due to the unpoled state of the sample, and can be deduced from a single temperature scan of an elastic modulus of a ceramic sample, spanning the ferroelectric and paraelectric states. The strengths, limits and possible applications of the method are discussed.

scholarly journals Elastic and Dielectric Evaluation of the Piezoelectric Response of Ferroelectrics Using Unpoled Ceramics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Cordero
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramics ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
Poling Process ◽  
Single Temperature ◽  
High Level ◽  
Ferroelectric Transition Temperature ◽  
Elastic Softening

The evaluation of the piezoelectric properties of ferroelectric ceramics generally has a high level of uncertainty, due to incomplete poling, porosity, domain wall clamping and other effects. In addition, the poling process is often difficult and dangerous, due to the risk of breaking or damaging the sample. A method is described for the evaluation of the potential intrinsic piezoelectric response that a ceramic would have after full poling, without poling it. The method relies on the fact that any material undergoes an elastic softening below the ferroelectric transition temperature, whose magnitude can be expressed in terms of the intrinsic piezoelectric and dielectric coefficients of the material. Such a softening is equivalent to an electromechanical coupling, averaged over all the components due to the unpoled state of the sample, and can be deduced from a single temperature scan of an elastic modulus of a ceramic sample, spanning the ferroelectric and paraelectric states. The strengths, limits and possible applications of the method are discussed.

scholarly journals Elastic and Dielectric Evaluation of the Piezoelectric Response of Ferroelectrics Using Unpoled Ceramics

Ceramics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Cordero
Keyword(s):  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramics ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
Single Temperature ◽  
High Level ◽  
Ferroelectric Transition Temperature ◽  
Elastic Softening

The evaluation of the piezoelectric properties of ferroelectric ceramics generally has a high level of uncertainty, due to incomplete poling, porosity, domain wall clamping and other effects. In addition, the poling process is often difficult and dangerous, due to the risk of breaking or damaging the sample. A method is described for the evaluation of the potential intrinsic piezoelectric response that a ceramic would have after full poling, without poling it. The method relies on the fact that any material undergoes an elastic softening below the ferroelectric transition temperature, whose magnitude can be expressed in terms of the intrinsic piezoelectric and dielectric coefficients of the material. Such a softening is equivalent to an electromechanical coupling factor averaged over all the components, due to the unpoled state of the sample, and can be deduced from a single temperature scan of an elastic modulus of a ceramic sample, spanning the ferroelectric and paraelectric states. The strengths, limits and possible applications of the method are discussed.

scholarly journals Piezoelectric Properties of SrBi4Ti4O15 Ferroelectric Ceramics

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1376-1384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlyse Demartin Maeder ◽  
Dragan Damjanovic ◽  
Cyril Voisard ◽  
Nava Setter
Keyword(s):  
Piezoelectric Coefficient ◽  
Domain Walls ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramics ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Sintering Conditions ◽  
Weak Fields

The dynamic piezoelectric response of SrBi4Ti4O15 ceramics with Aurivillius structure was investigated at high alternating stress, low frequencies (0.01 to 100 Hz), and temperatures from 20 to 200 °C. The piezoelectric nonlinearity, observed only at high pressures (>10 MPa) and elevated temperatures (>150 °C), is interpreted in terms of contributions from non-180° domain walls. At weak fields, the frequency dependence of the longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient was explained in terms of Maxwell–Wagner piezoelectric relaxation. The Maxwell–Wagner units are identified as colonies that consist of highly anisotropic grains which sinter together, and whose distribution in the ceramic is strongly dependent on sintering conditions.

Piezoelectric and Ultrasonic Studies of Mixed AgxCu1-xInP2(S,Se)6 Layered Crystals

2010 ◽  
Vol 636-637 ◽  
pp. 398-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Samulionis ◽  
Juras Banys ◽  
Yulian Vysochanskii
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Medical Diagnostics ◽  
Opposite Polarity ◽  
Ultrasonic Waves ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
Layered Crystals

The paper reviews recent results of ultrasonic and piezoelectric investigation in CuInP2S6 family ferroelectric layered crystals and their solid solutions in the temperature range 100-360 K. It was shown that, Cu substitution by Ag lowers the phase transition temperature. In investigated AgxCu1-xInP2(S,Se)6 crystals above the phase transition (PT) temperature the piezoelectric response was absent and appeared only below the transition. At low temperatures T < 220 K the layered AgxCu1-xInP2Se6 crystals are ferroelectric. Piezoelectric sensitivity in the ferroelectric phase increases with DC field applied along the c-axis, then saturates, and after reversion of voltage the piezoelectric signal decreases, at field near coercive changes sign, and saturates again at high voltage of opposite polarity In the paraelectric phase under external DC electric field, applied along c-axis normal to layers, thin AgxCu1-xInP2Se6 plates can effectively excite and detect ultrasonic waves, due to electrostriction. The same behaviour was observed and in AgxCu1-xInP2S6 crystals. The critical ultrasonic velocity anomalies were observed in the vicinity of PT. In CuInP2S6 crystals with addition of In i.e. indium rich materials the phase transition temperature could be raised to T > 330 K what is important for applications in medical diagnostics ultrasonic transducers. In all these materials the poling conditions were investigated and it was shown that after long time exposing in DC field the piezoelectric sensitivity sufficiently increases and electromechanical coupling constants as high as > 50 % could be obtained.

scholarly journals Enhanced Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties of (1−x)PMN-xPT Ceramics Based on a Partial Oxalate Process

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhwan Kim ◽  
Sanghyun Yoon ◽  
Jae-Hoon Ji ◽  
Young-Ho Ko ◽  
Kyung-Ho Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Sintering Temperature ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Pyrochlore Phase ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramics ◽  
Calcination Process ◽  
Innovative Methods

The pyrochlore phase in ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials is the main obstacle device application due to its poor electrical properties. Especially, the pyrochlore phase is frequently observed in the perovskite-based metal-oxide materials including piezoelectric and ferroelectric ceramics, which are based on solid-state reaction methods for fabrication. To overcome these problems, advanced innovative methods such as partial oxalate process will be investigated. In this method, crystalized magnesium niobite (MN) and lead titanate (PT) powders will be coated with a certain amount of lead oxalate and, then, the calcination process can be carried out to form the PMN-PT without pyrochlore phase. In this study, (1−x)PMN-xPT ceramics near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB), with compositions of x = 0.25–0.40, have been prepared employing the partial oxalate method at various temperatures. The crystalline, microstructure, and piezoelectric properties of (1−x)PMN-xPT ceramics depending on the sintering temperature were intensively investigated and discussed. By optimizing the sintering temperature and compositions from the PMN-PT ceramics, the maximum value of the piezoelectric charge coefficient (d33) of 665pC/N, planar electromechanical coupling factor (kp) of 77.8%, dielectric constant (εr) of 3230, and remanent polarization (Pr) of 31.67 μC/cm2 were obtained.

Effect of Additive Glycerol on Piezoelectric Properties of Modified Sol-Gel (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O3 Ceramics

2020 ◽  
Vol 993 ◽  
pp. 791-798
Author(s):  
Haibibu Aziguli ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Ping Yu
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Piezoelectric Coefficient ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Coefficient ◽  
Ceramic Powders

Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 (BCTZ) ceramics, one of the lead-free pizoelectric materials, were focused due to the environmental concern against lead. A modified BCTZ powder sol-gel fabrication process was experimentally introduced with the addition of glycerol, in order to provide an effective approach to optimize the piezoelectric response of BCTZ ceramics. The results showed that the piezoelectric properties enhanced in terms of the piezoelectric coefficient of d33, 510 pC/N and the electromechanical coupling coefficient of kp, 0.501. The enhancement in electrical properties, such as dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric, could be related to the homogenous microstructure and larger grain size of BCTZ ceramic powders after the introduction of glycerol during the modified sol-gel strategy.

scholarly journals Polymorphic Phase Transition and Piezoelectric Performance of BaTiO3-CaSnO3 Solid Solutions

Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Qian Wang ◽  
Hong-Ze Yan ◽  
Xian Zhao ◽  
Chun-Ming Wang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Solid Solutions ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Ferroelectric Properties ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Polymorphic Phase Transition ◽  
Piezoelectric Strain

BaTiO3-based piezoelectric ceramics have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their tunable phase structures and good piezoelectric properties. In this work, the (1 − x)BaTiO3−xCaSnO3 (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.16, abbreviated as BT−xCS) solid solutions, were prepared by traditional solid-state reaction methods. The phase transitions, microstructure, dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric properties of BT-xCS have been investigated in detail. The coexistence of rhombohedral, orthorhombic, and tetragonal phases near room temperature, i.e., polymorphic phase transition (PPT), has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and temperature-dependent dielectric measurements in the compositions range of 0.06 ≤ x ≤ 0.10. The multiphase coexistence near room temperature provides more spontaneous polarization vectors and facilitates the process of polarization rotation and extension by an external electric field, which is conducive to the enhancement of piezoelectric response. Remarkably, the composition of BT-0.08CS exhibits optimized piezoelectric properties with a piezoelectric coefficient d33 of 620 pC/N, electromechanical coupling factors kp of 58%, kt of 40%, and a piezoelectric strain coefficient d33* of 950 pm/V.

Direct measurement of the domain switching contribution to the dynamic piezoelectric response in ferroelectric ceramics

2006 ◽  
Vol 89 (9) ◽  
pp. 092901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob L. Jones ◽  
Mark Hoffman ◽  
John E. Daniels ◽  
Andrew J. Studer
Keyword(s):  
Direct Measurement ◽  
Domain Switching ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramics ◽  
Piezoelectric Response

Sol-Gel Derived PZT Thick Films with Nano-Sized Microstructure

2002 ◽  
Vol 748 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Zhao ◽  
Z. H. Wang ◽  
W. Zhu ◽  
O. K. Tan ◽  
H. H. Hng
Keyword(s):  
Lead Zirconate Titanate ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Thick Films ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Processing Parameters ◽  
Lead Zirconate ◽  
Piezoelectric Response ◽  
Coupling Coefficients ◽  
Pzt Films

ABSTRACTLead zirconate titanate (PZT) films are promising for acoustic micro-devices applications because of their extremely high electromechanical coupling coefficients and excellent piezoelectric response. Thicker PZT films are crucial for these acoustic applications. A hybrid sol-gel technology has been developed as a new approach to realize simple and cost-effective fabrication of high quality PZT thick films. In this paper, PZT53/47 thick films with a thickness of 5–50 μm are successfully deposited on Pt-coated silicon wafer by using the hybrid sol-gel technology. The obtained PZT thick films are dense, crack-free, and have a nano-sized microstructure. The processing parameters of this technology have been evaluated. The microstructure of the film has been observed using field-emission scanning electron microscopy and the crystallization process has been monitored by the X-ray diffraction. The thick films thus made are good candidates for fabrication of piezoelectric diaphragm which will be an essential element of microspeaker and microphone arrays.

The Effect of Particle Size on the Electromechanical Properties of PZT/PVDF

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 238-241
Author(s):  
Xiao Fang Liu ◽  
Hua Jun Sun ◽  
Ming Wei ◽  
C.X. Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Piezoelectric Ceramic ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Piezoelectric Properties ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Relative Dielectric Constant ◽  
Connectivity Pattern ◽  
Conventional Solid State Reaction ◽  
Pressing Method ◽  
Dielectric And Piezoelectric Properties

The Nb modified PZT piezoelectric ceramic was synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction, where all of different particle sizes had the same physical properties. 0-3 modified PZT/PVDF composites were formed by hot-pressing method. The particle size effect of modified PZT on the relative dielectric and piezoelectric properties of the composites were investigated. The relative dielectric constant εr, piezoelectric constant d33 and electromechanical coupling factor kp were higher in the composite containing larger PZT particle size. The microstructures of the composites were studied by SEM, the composite with the finer PZT particle size was more homogeneous, but larger particle size was easy to be contacted. In a high volume fraction particle-loaded composite, some piezoelectric ceramic particle appeared to be in contact, as in a 1-3 connectivity pattern. The larger particle size of modified PZT itself could be seen as the grain of modified PZT contact in a 1-3 connectivity pattern and easy to be contacted each other compared to the finer particle size in the composites, thus reducing the resistance of the composites and the poling process became effective, which led to higher properties. The optimal particle size of PZT is about 100μm, the Nb modified PZT/PVDF (volume fraction 70/30) composite show higher dielectric and piezoelectric properties than the others, εr=156.6, d33=69pC/N and kp=0.358.

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