Stress- And frequency-dependent properties of relaxor-like sodium bismuth titanate

Rieß K, Khansur NH, Martin A, Benčan A, Uršič H, Webber KG (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Physical Review B American Physical Society

Book Volume: 103

Article Number: 094113

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.094113

Abstract

Despite the importance of (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3 as an end member in lead-free ferroelectrics and as an oxide ion conductor, the relaxor/ferroelectric nature remains unclear. In order to understand the relaxor-like behavior, frequency-dependent macroscopic mechanical measurements of polycrystalline (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3 were performed as a function of poling state, revealing the role of a potential field-induced long-range ferroelectric order on the nonlinear hysteretic stress-strain behavior. The mechanical measurements showed an increase in remanent strain and decrease in coercive stress with electrical poling, consistent with previous studies of relaxors. Electrical poling and mechanical texturing were found to influence the frequency dispersion of the relative permittivity, highlighting the potentially relaxor-like response. Further, the relative permittivity showed a directional dependence with respect to the previously applied electrical and mechanical fields. These data are discussed in conjunction with ex situ stress- and electric-field-dependent piezoresponse force microscopy measurements that revealed a clear ferroelectric domain switching through the application of a sufficiently high electric field, but no change of the domain configuration for uniaxial compressive stresses up to -750 MPa. The in situ stress-dependent crystal structure, which was characterized using synchrotron x-ray diffraction, however, indicates stress-induced ferroelastic domain switching as the primary hysteretic process.

Authors with CRIS profile

Kevin Rieß Professur für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Funktionskeramik) Neamul Hayet Khansur Lehrstuhl für Glas und Keramik Alexander Martin Lehrstuhl für Glas und Keramik Kyle Grant Webber Professur für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Funktionskeramik)

Additional Organisation(s)

Graduiertenkolleg 2495 Energiekonvertierungssysteme: von Materialien zu Bauteilen (Energy Conversion Systems: From Materials to Devices)

Involved external institutions

Jožef Stefan Institute SI Slovenia (SI)

How to cite

APA:

Rieß, K., Khansur, N.H., Martin, A., Benčan, A., Uršič, H., & Webber, K.G. (2021). Stress- And frequency-dependent properties of relaxor-like sodium bismuth titanate. Physical Review B, 103(9). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.094113

MLA:

Rieß, Kevin, et al. "Stress- And frequency-dependent properties of relaxor-like sodium bismuth titanate." Physical Review B 103.9 (2021).

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