Nanoscale mapping of heterogeneity of the polarization reversal in lead-free relaxor–ferroelectric ceramic composites

Gobeljic, D.; Shvartsman, V. V.; Belianinov, A.; Okatan, B.; Jesse, S.; Kalinin, S. V.; Groh, C.; Rödel, J.; Lupascu, D. C.

doi:10.1039/c5nr05032d

Title: Nanoscale mapping of heterogeneity of the polarization reversal in lead-free relaxor–ferroelectric ceramic composites

Journal Article · Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nanoscale

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr05032d· OSTI ID:1261507

Gobeljic, D. ^[1]; Shvartsman, V. V. ^[1]; Belianinov, A. ^[2]; Okatan, B. ^[2]; Jesse, S. ^[2]; Kalinin, S. V. ^[2]; Groh, C. ^[3]; Rödel, J. ^[3]; Lupascu, D. C. ^[1]

Univ. of Duisburg, Essen (Germany)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany)

Relaxor/ferroelectric ceramic/ceramic composites have shown to be promising in generating large electromechanical strain at moderate electric fields. However, the mechanisms of polarization and strain coupling between grains of different nature in the composites remain unclear. To rationalize the coupling mechanisms we performed advanced piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) studies of 0.92BNT-0.06BT-0.02KNN/0.93BNT-0.07BT (ergodic/non-ergodic relaxor) composites. PFM is able to distinguish grains of different phases by characteristic domain patterns. Polarization switching has been probed locally, on a sub-grain scale. k-Means clustering analysis applied to arrays of local hysteresis loops reveals variations of polarization switching characteristics between the ergodic and non-ergodic relaxor grains. Here, we report a different set of switching parameters for grains in the composites as opposed to the pure phase samples. These results confirm ceramic/ceramic composites to be a viable approach to tailor the piezoelectric properties and optimize the macroscopic electromechanical characteristics.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; European Commission (EC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; 290158

OSTI ID:: 1261507

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Vol. 8, Issue 4; ISSN 2040-3364

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