Thermotropic phase transitions in Pb1−xSrx(Al1/3Nb2/3)0.1(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.9O3 ceramics: Temperature dependent dielectric permittivity and Raman scattering

C Q Li,Z G Hu,A Y Liu,L Peng,P Wang,J H Chu,K Jiang

doi:10.1063/1.4922439

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Abstract

The phase transitions of Pb1−xSrx(Al1/3Nb2/3)0.1(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.9O3 (Sr-modified PAN-PZT) ceramics with Sr compositions of x = 2%, 5%, 10% and 15% have been investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature dependent dielectric permittivity and Raman scattering. The XRD analysis show that the phase transition occurs between Sr composition of 5% and 10%. Based on the broad dielectric peaks at 100 Hz, the diffused phase transition from tetragonal (T) to cubic (C) structure shifts to lower temperature with increasing Sr composition. The dramatic changes of wavenumber and full width at half-maximum (FWHM) for E(TO4)′ softing mode can be observed at morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). Moreover, the MPB characteristic shows a wider and lower trend of temperature region with increasing Sr composition. It could be ascribed to the diminishment of the energy barrier and increment of A-cation entropy. Therefore, the Sr-modified PAN-PZT ceramics unambiguously undergo two successive structural transitions (rhombohedral-tetragonal-cubic phase) with temperature from 80 to 750 K. Correspondingly, the phase diagram of Sr-modified PAN-PZT ceramics can be well depicted.

Highlights

In the past few decades, Pb(Zr1−xTix)O3 (PZT) system has attracted much attention due to its excellent properties of ferroelectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric, which can be used in the high-energy storage capacitors, infrared detectors, piezoelectric transducers and actuators.[1,2] The PZT belong to the family of ABO3 perovskite-type structure.[3]
The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis show that the phase transition occurs between Sr composition of 5% and 10%
The dramatic changes of wavenumber and full width at half-maximum (FWHM) for E(TO4)′ softing mode can be observed at morphotropic phase boundary (MPB)

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Thermotropic phase transitions in Pb1−xSrx(Al1/ 3Nb2/ 3)0.1(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.9O3 ceramics: Temperature dependent dielectric permittivity and Raman scattering. The phase transitions of Pb1−xSrx(Al1/3Nb2/3)0.1(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.9O3 (Sr-modified PANPZT) ceramics with Sr compositions of x = 2%, 5%, 10% and 15% have been investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature dependent dielectric permittivity and Raman scattering. The XRD analysis show that the phase transition occurs between Sr composition of 5% and 10%. Based on the broad dielectric peaks at 100 Hz, the diffused phase transition from tetragonal (T) to cubic (C) structure shifts to lower temperature with increasing Sr composition. The MPB characteristic shows a wider and lower trend of temperature region with increasing Sr composition. The Sr-modified PAN-PZT ceramics unambiguously undergo two successive structural transitions (rhombohedral-tetragonal-cubic phase) with temperature from 80 to 750 K.

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