Novel ferroelectric single crystals of Bi(Zn{sub 1/2}Ti{sub 1/2})O{sub 3}-PbZrO{sub 3}-PbTiO{sub 3} ternary solid solution
- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 (Canada)
- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049 (China)
Ferroelectric single crystals of a new lead-reduced Bi(Zn{sub 1/2}Ti{sub 1/2})O{sub 3}-PbZrO{sub 3}-PbTiO{sub 3} (BZT-PZ-PT) ternary solid solution system have been grown for the first time by three different methods, namely high temperature solution growth (HTSG, or flux method), top-cooled solution growth (TCSG), and top-seeded solution growth (TSSG). The chemical and thermodynamic parameters, including the flux concentration, the soaking temperature and the cooling rate, have been optimized, leading to the growth of good quality BZT-PZ-PT crystals of pseudo-cubic morphology. A large size crystal of the dimensions of 2 × 2 × 0.5 cm{sup 3} has been obtained by the TSSG technique. The crystal structure is analyzed by means of X-ray powder diffraction. The highest ferroelectric Curie temperature T{sub C} of the grown crystals is found to be 320 °C by means of dielectric measurements. A remnant polarization of 32 μC/cm{sup 2} is displayed with a coercive field of 15.4 kV/cm. The high T{sub C} and large coercive field of the BZT-PZ-PT single crystal make this material a promising candidate for applications in high power electromechanical transducers that can operate in a wider temperature range and at high fields.
- OSTI ID:
- 22278006
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 8; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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