Templated grain growth of high coercive field CuO‐doped textured PYN‐PMN‐PT ceramics

Abstract

This paper explores the templated grain growth and texturing of Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3‐Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3‐PbTiO3 (PYN‐PMN‐PT) ceramics. A PbO‐CuO liquid phase was determined to substantially increase the growth of PYN‐PMN‐PT on barium titanate template particles. Texturing resulted in an 83% enhancement in strain behavior (754 pm/V) compared with random PYN‐PMN‐PT ceramics (413 pm/V). The increased Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3 (PYN) content of textured 21PYN‐41PMN‐38PT resulted in a high coercive field of 13.9 kV/cm. Residual barium titanate templates reduced the polarization from 33.7 to 26.2 µC/cm2 and slightly decreased the Curie temperature (236‐224°C). These results show that textured PYN‐PMN‐PT is a promising material for high strain and coercive field transducers.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jul 16, 2020
Source ID
10.1111/jace.17349

Entities

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  • Beecher H. Watson
  • Elizabeth R. Kupp
  • Gary L. Messing
  • Mark A. Fanton
  • Michael J. Brova
  • Rebecca L. Walton
  • Richard J. Meyer Jr.

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  • Office of Naval Research
  • Pennsylvania State University

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology