TY - JOUR
T1 - Dielectric characteristics of perovskite-structured high-temperature relaxor ferroelectrics
T2 - The BiScO3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb 2/3)O3-PbTiO3 ternary system
AU - Stringer, Craig J.
AU - Donnelly, Niall J.
AU - Shrout, Thomas R.
AU - Randall, Clive A.
AU - Alberta, Edward F.
AU - Hackenberger, Wesley S.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - A new compositional family of relaxor ferroelectrics was investigated based on the high-temperature Bi(Me)O3-PbTiO3 ferroelectric perovskite family. Compositions were fabricated near an estimated morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) of the xBiScO3-yPb(Mg1/3Nb 2/3)O3-zPbTiO3 (xBS-yPMN-zPT) ternary system exhibiting high-temperature relaxor properties of Tmax ∼250°-350°C and εmax ∼10 000-24 000 at 1 kHz. Analysis of the low-field a.c. permittivity by a Vogel-Fulcher type dependence enabled key parameters of activation energy, EA, and freezing temperature, Tf, to be determined. The remanent polarization was studied over a broad temperature range and was observed to show classical ferroelectric square loop hysteresis behavior at temperatures Tf while slim loop hysteresis behavior was observed at temperatures T fmax. Pyroelectric current measurements were made and integrated to determine macroscopic polarization-temperature dependence, and were in excellent agreement with the hysteresis data. The macroscopic polarization was found to drop off rapidly near the freezing temperature, Tf. At temperatures T>Tmax, the deviation temperature, TD, was obtained from Curie-Weiss analysis and found to be ∼600°C. A comparison of characteristic electrical properties was made between the high-temperature perovskite relaxors and the classical complex lead relaxor compound, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PMN).
AB - A new compositional family of relaxor ferroelectrics was investigated based on the high-temperature Bi(Me)O3-PbTiO3 ferroelectric perovskite family. Compositions were fabricated near an estimated morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) of the xBiScO3-yPb(Mg1/3Nb 2/3)O3-zPbTiO3 (xBS-yPMN-zPT) ternary system exhibiting high-temperature relaxor properties of Tmax ∼250°-350°C and εmax ∼10 000-24 000 at 1 kHz. Analysis of the low-field a.c. permittivity by a Vogel-Fulcher type dependence enabled key parameters of activation energy, EA, and freezing temperature, Tf, to be determined. The remanent polarization was studied over a broad temperature range and was observed to show classical ferroelectric square loop hysteresis behavior at temperatures Tf while slim loop hysteresis behavior was observed at temperatures T fmax. Pyroelectric current measurements were made and integrated to determine macroscopic polarization-temperature dependence, and were in excellent agreement with the hysteresis data. The macroscopic polarization was found to drop off rapidly near the freezing temperature, Tf. At temperatures T>Tmax, the deviation temperature, TD, was obtained from Curie-Weiss analysis and found to be ∼600°C. A comparison of characteristic electrical properties was made between the high-temperature perovskite relaxors and the classical complex lead relaxor compound, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PMN).
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02298.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02298.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44649087576
SN - 0002-7820
VL - 91
SP - 1781
EP - 1787
JO - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
JF - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
IS - 6
ER -