Structure and the Electrical Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 - Zirconia Composites

Bencan A, Malic B, Drnovsek S, Tellier J, Rojac T, Pavlic J, Kosec M, Webber KG, Roedel J, Damjanovic D (2012)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Journal of the American Ceramic Society Wiley-Blackwell

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 95

Pages Range: 651-657

DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04803.x

Abstract

In this work, the effect of introducing tetragonal yttria-stabilized zirconia (TZ) particles in soft [Pb0.98Ba0.01][(Zr0.53Ti0.47)(0.98)Nb-0.02]O-3 (PZT) was investigated. Both microstructure and electrical properties of the PZT-xTZ (x = 0, 2, 5, 10, 20 vol%) composites were studied and correlated. The addition of zirconia hinders the matrix grain growth, resulting in smaller grains. According to X-ray diffraction analysis, zirconia containing composites have a higher rhombohedral-to-tetragonal phase ratio, in addition to lower dielectric and piezoelectric properties, in comparison to pure PZT. Electrical properties, in terms of strain- and polarization-electric field hysteresis curves, are presented and correlated with the observed phase compositions and microstructures. The extrinsic contribution to the piezoelectric properties in PZT and PZT-xTZ was studied by measuring the frequency and the stress field amplitude dependences of the piezoelectric d(33) coefficient.

Authors with CRIS profile

Kyle Grant Webber Professur für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Funktionskeramik)

Involved external institutions

Jožef Stefan Institute SI Slovenia (SI) Technische Universität Darmstadt DE Germany (DE) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Bencan, A., Malic, B., Drnovsek, S., Tellier, J., Rojac, T., Pavlic, J.,... Damjanovic, D. (2012). Structure and the Electrical Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 - Zirconia Composites. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 95, 651-657. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04803.x

MLA:

Bencan, Andreja, et al. "Structure and the Electrical Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 - Zirconia Composites." Journal of the American Ceramic Society 95 (2012): 651-657.

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