E-T phase diagrams of a solid solution of the multicomponent PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-PbNi1/3Nb2/3O3-PbTiO3 system near the morphotropic phase boundary

Abstract

The specific features of the dielectric and pyroelectric responses of a solid solution in the barium-doped multicomponent yPbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-mPbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-nPbNi1/3Nb2/3O3-xPbTiO3 system of the composition y = 0.0982, m = 0.4541, n = 0.1477, and x = 0.3 near the morphotropic phase boundary have been investigated. It has been assumed that the maxima revealed in the dependences of the reversible permittivity on the electric field strength with both the forward and backward changes in the field (E=) are associated with the induced phase transition. Based on the experimental results, the E-T phase diagrams are constructed in the temperature range from −100 to 150°C for different temperature-field regimes: (i) variation in the electric field E= at a fixed temperature of the sample and (ii) variation in the temperature of the sample at a constant value of E=. It has been found that there is a singular point in the E-T phase diagram and that, in the vicinity of this point, the dielectric and pyroelectric responses of the studied ceramics exhibit specific features.