Abstract
The formation of capillaries in sodium alginate gels is a dissipative process driven by unidirectional diffusion of divalent cations into sodium alginate sols. In the present work, we have prepared 3-1 type porous lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramics with oxides (CaO) being doped on a molecular level from the dissipative process by incorporating PZT particles into the sodium alginate gel matrix. By varying the concentration of cation solutions (CaCl2) from 0.5mol/L to 2.5mol/L, both the microstructure, doping amount of oxides (CaO) and crystalline phase of the porous PZT ceramics were tailored. Accordingly, increase in the concentration of Ca2+ has led to a reduction in the relative permittivity (εr) first, and then an increase, while the piezoelectric coefficient (d33 and d31) demonstrated an opposite variation tendency. The prepared samples possessed a maximal HFOM value of 4755×10–15Pa−1 when the concentration of Ca2+ was 1.0mol/L. Addition of CaO was found to improve the compressive strength of porous PZT ceramics, which was preferential to promoting the stability and reliability for application.
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