TY - JOUR
T1 - Ferroelectric and nonferroelectric (Polar) piezoelectric glass-ceramics
AU - Davis, Mark J.
AU - Vullo, Paula
AU - Mitra, Ina
AU - Blaum, Peter
AU - Gudgel, Katherine Anne
AU - Donnelly, Niall J.
AU - Randall, Clive A.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - An increased need for high-temperature piezoelectric materials for sensors, some of which must be Pb free due to RoHS regulations, has led to a focused search for suitable materials. Glass-ceramic processing - the controlled crystallization of a precursor glass - offers a unique manner in which to produce partially to wholly crystalline, Pb-free, and temperature-stable piezoelectric materials starting with optically homogeneous amorphous materials. Building on previously published work, we have produced NaNbO 3-containing, poled, and pore-free ferroelectric glass-ceramics that exhibit d33 values of ∼15 pC/N, a dielectric constant of ∼200, an Np frequency constant of ∼3400 Hz·m, and Qm ∼60. Nonferroelectric, lithium borosilicate polar glass-ceramics - initially developed by R.E. Newnham and coworkers at Penn State some 20 years ago - have also been produced and yielded d33 values of ∼5 pC/N, although with dielectric constants of <10 they achieved significant g33 values (∼50 × 10-3 V m/N; N p∼4500 Hz·m; Qm∼1500). Room-temperature planar coupling coefficients of 0.15 and 0.10 were obtained for the polar and ferroelectric varieties, respectively. High-temperature resonance measurements of both varieties reveal piezoelectricity to at least 600°C for the polar glass-ceramic and up to 300°C for the ferroelectric variety. Excessive conductivity in the polar type, presumably due to high lithium contents, resulted in a strong decrease in resonance amplitude as the temperature was increased. Interestingly, the estimated piezoelectric coefficients for this type showed nearly no temperature dependence and suggest that polar glass-ceramics, lacking a Curie temperature, potentially offer a unique route to high-temperature piezoelectrics.
AB - An increased need for high-temperature piezoelectric materials for sensors, some of which must be Pb free due to RoHS regulations, has led to a focused search for suitable materials. Glass-ceramic processing - the controlled crystallization of a precursor glass - offers a unique manner in which to produce partially to wholly crystalline, Pb-free, and temperature-stable piezoelectric materials starting with optically homogeneous amorphous materials. Building on previously published work, we have produced NaNbO 3-containing, poled, and pore-free ferroelectric glass-ceramics that exhibit d33 values of ∼15 pC/N, a dielectric constant of ∼200, an Np frequency constant of ∼3400 Hz·m, and Qm ∼60. Nonferroelectric, lithium borosilicate polar glass-ceramics - initially developed by R.E. Newnham and coworkers at Penn State some 20 years ago - have also been produced and yielded d33 values of ∼5 pC/N, although with dielectric constants of <10 they achieved significant g33 values (∼50 × 10-3 V m/N; N p∼4500 Hz·m; Qm∼1500). Room-temperature planar coupling coefficients of 0.15 and 0.10 were obtained for the polar and ferroelectric varieties, respectively. High-temperature resonance measurements of both varieties reveal piezoelectricity to at least 600°C for the polar glass-ceramic and up to 300°C for the ferroelectric variety. Excessive conductivity in the polar type, presumably due to high lithium contents, resulted in a strong decrease in resonance amplitude as the temperature was increased. Interestingly, the estimated piezoelectric coefficients for this type showed nearly no temperature dependence and suggest that polar glass-ceramics, lacking a Curie temperature, potentially offer a unique route to high-temperature piezoelectrics.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02548.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02548.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:51449091449
SN - 0002-7820
VL - 91
SP - 2878
EP - 2885
JO - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
JF - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
IS - 9
ER -