1. Reactive templated grain growth of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 ceramics using MgO-doped (Na,Bi)0.4Pb0.6TiO3 template.
- Author
-
Cha, Jae-Min, Kim, Jung-Hwan, Ahn, Cheol-Woo, Moon, Young Kook, Cha, Hyun-Ae, Hahn, Byung-Dong, Yoon, Woon-Ha, Yoon, Seog-Young, and Choi, Jong-Jin
- Subjects
- *
PIEZOELECTRIC ceramics , *ANISOTROPIC crystals , *CRYSTAL structure , *CRYSTAL growth , *CERAMICS , *SINGLE crystals - Abstract
Textured Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3 –PbTiO 3 (PMN-PT) piezoelectric ceramics with an anisotropic crystal structure were fabricated by reactive templated grain growth (RTGG) using MgO-doped (Na 1/2 Bi 1/2)TiO 3 –PbTiO 3 (MNBT-PT) seed. The crystal growth of MNBT-PT seed was stimulated by the addition of MgO, resulting in a rectangular single-crystal template with a width of 5∼20 μm and a thickness of 3∼5 μm. These rectangular MNBT-PT seeds effectively reduced the sintering temperature of the PMN-PT matrix, and the reaction occurred through in-situ topochemical conversion, leading to a single perovskite phase with an oriented texture. Because the MNBT-PT seeds with tetragonal structure altered the crystal structure matrix phase to be tetragonal-rich, the matrix phase of PMN-PT had to be optimized by adjusting the PMN/PT ratio to achieve optimal piezoelectric properties. The textured PMN-PT piezoelectric ceramic created using the reactive MNBT-PT seeds demonstrated superior piezoelectric/ferroelectric properties (d 33 of 951 pC/N, k p of 0.64 and P r of 24.9 μC/cm2) compared to ceramics with BaTiO 3 (BT) seed made under the same conditions. This improvement is likely due to the formation of a textured single phase crystal structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF