Energy Efficient Alloy Design in PSN-PMN-PZT Ceramic System for Piezoelectric Transformer Application

Abstract

In order to enhance energy efficiency in high electric conversion devices such as Power transformers, which need to have high power properties, an alloy design approach in <TEX>$Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3(PZT)$</TEX> base ceramic system was attempted <TEX>$0.03Pb(Sb_{0.5}Nb_{0.5})O_3-0.03Pb(Mn_{1/3}Nb_{2/3})O_3-(0.94-x)PbTiO_3-xPbZrO_3$</TEX>[PSN-PMN- PZT] ceramics were synthesized by conventional bulk ceramic processing technique. To improve power properties, the various Zr/Ti ratio was varied ]lear their morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) composition of PSN-PMN-PZT system and their effects on subsequent piezoelectric and dielectric properties for the transformer application at high power were systematically investigated using an impedance analyzer. Microstructure and phase information were characterized using X-ray diffractometer (XRD), a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and others. When the Zr/Ti ratio was 0.415/0.465, the value of <TEX>$Q_m\;and\;k_p$</TEX> were shown to reach to the maximum, indicating that this alloy design can be a feasible composition :or high power transformer.