Abstract
Grain orientation, BaTiO3 heterogeneous template content, and electrode materials are expected to play an important role in controlling the polarization fatigue behavior of 001 textured Pb(Mg1/3Nb 2/3)O3-PbTiO3 ceramics. A comparative analysis with randomly oriented ceramics showed that 001 grain orientation/texture exhibits improved fatigue characteristics due to the reduced switching activation energy and high domain mobility. The hypothesis was validated from the systematic characterization of polarization - electric field behavior and domain wall density. The defect accumulation at the grain boundary and clamping effect arising from the presence of BaTiO3 heterogeneous template in the final microstructure was found to be the main cause for polarization degradation in textured ceramic.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 082906 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 19 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Office of Basic Energy Science, Department of Energy through Grant No. # DE-FG02-07ER46480. The authors would also like to thank the NSF I/UCRC: Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) for supporting the work on synthesis of textured piezoelectric materials.
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