Abstract
[001] oriented relaxor based ternary Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT) ceramics were fabricated by templated grain growth. The effects of BaTiO3 template amount on the [001] orientation degree, microstructure, and resulting changes in dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric properties of PIN-PMN-PT were investigated. A high [001] texture fraction of 93% was achieved in the PIN-PMN-PT ceramics at 5 vol. % BaTiO3 template. Giant electromechanical properties (d33* = 1555 pC/N, d33 = 824 pC/N, and kp = 0.81) and high ferroelectric properties (Ec = 8.3 kV/cm and Pr = 31 μC/cm2) were obtained from those highly textured ceramics, which are much superior to those of randomly oriented counterpart. Furthermore, the textured ternary ceramics exhibited remarkably improved phase transition temperatures (Tr-t = 120 °C and Tc = 203 °C) compared with previously reported binary PMN-PT textured ceramics. The domain structure was characterized by piezoelectric force microscopy, and domain contribution to the enhanced piezoelectric response in the textured PIN-PMN-PT ceramics was analyzed. The high-quality textured ternary ceramics are very promising for new-generation electromechanical devices with high performance and wide temperature usage range.
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