Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Piezoelectric activity of (1-x)[0.35Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3-0.3BiFeO3-0.35BiScO3] - xPbTiO3 ceramics as a function of temperature

  • Published:
Journal of Electroceramics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of ceramics in the (1-x)[0.35Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3-0.3BiFeO3-0.35BiScO3] - xPbTiO3 (0.46 ≤ x ≤ 0.50) solid solution have been studied as a function of temperature with a view to establishing their potential for commercial usage as high TC actuators and sensors. The polarisation, unipolar and bipolar strain, piezoelectric coefficient d33 and coupling factor kp all increased with temperature consistent with softening of extrinsic and intrinsic contributions to piezoactivity as TC is approached. Small signal d33 and kp increased from 328 pm/V and ~0.45 at room temperature to >1100 pm/V and ~0.5, respectively, until depoling occurred at ~400°C, illustrating a significant improvement in operating temperature over PZT (~200°C) and demonstrating great potential for high temperature sensor applications. Bipolar (bi) and unipolar (uni) measurements (large signal, d* 33) normally used to demonstrate potential for actuation, revealed extremely promising values, d* 33(bi) = 940 pm/V and d* 33(uni) = 600 pm/V, up to 180°C, the limit of the experimental apparatus.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. S. Sherrit, X.Q. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, Z.S. Chang, Proc. SPIE 5387, 411 (2004)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. B. Jaffe, W.R. Cook, H. Jaffe, Piezoelectric Ceramics, (University of Michigan: R.A.N Publishers, 1971).

  3. R.E. Eitel, C.A. Randall, T.R. Shrout, P.W. Rehrig, W. Hackenberger, S.E. Park, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 1 40, 5999 (2001)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. T. Sebastian, I. Sterianou, D.C. Sinclair, A.J. Bell, D.A. Hall, I.M. Reaney, J. Electroceram. 25, 130 (2010)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. J. Chen, X.L. Tan, W. Jo, J. Rödel, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 034109 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. A. Dwivedi, C.A. Randall, Mater. Lett. 65, 1308 (2011)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. A. Moure, M. Alguero, L. Pardo, E. Ringgaard, A.F. Pedersen, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 27, 237 (2007)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Q.A. Zhang, Z.R. Li, F. Li, Z. Xu, X. Yao, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 93, 3330 (2010)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. T. Leist, J. Chen, W. Jo, E. Aulbach, J. Suffner, J. Rödel, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04848.x

  10. IEEE Standard on Piezoelectricity. ANSI/IEEE Std. 176-1987 (1987).

  11. K. Carl, K.H. Hardtl, Ferroelectrics 17, 473 (1978)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. I.W. Kim, D.S. Lee, S.H. Kang, C.W. Ahn, Thin Solid Films 441, 115 (2003)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. H. Kungl, M.J. Hoffmann, Acta Mater. 55, 5780 (2007)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. H. Kungl, T. Fett, S. Wagner, M.J. Hoffmann, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 044101 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. D.A. Hall, A. Steuwer, B. Cherdhirunkorn, T. Mori, P.J. Withers, J. Appl. Phys. 96, 4245 (2004)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. H. Kungl, R. Theissmann, M. Knapp, C. Baehtz, H. Fuess, S. Wagner, T. Fett, M.J. Hoffmann, Acta Mater. 55, 1849 (2007)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. E.M. Anton, W. Jo, D. Damjanovic, J. Rödel, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 094108 (2011).

    Google Scholar 

  18. D. Damjanovic, Rep. Prog. Phys. 61, 1267 (1998)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. R.E. Eitel, Novel piezoelectric ceramics: Development of high temperature, high performance piezoelectrics on the basis of structure, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, (The Pennsylvania State University: State College, 2003).

  20. D.M. Stein, I. Grinberg, A.M. Rappe, P.K. Davies, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 074110 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EP/E057616/1 and EP/G005001/1) as well as the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (RO 954/20).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, S1 3JD, Sheffield, UK

    Tutu Sebastian, Iasmi Sterianou & Ian M. Reaney

  2. Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    Thorsten Leist, Wook Jo & Jürgen Rödel

Authors
  1. Tutu Sebastian
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Iasmi Sterianou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Ian M. Reaney
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Thorsten Leist
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Wook Jo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Jürgen Rödel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Iasmi Sterianou.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Sebastian, T., Sterianou, I., Reaney, I.M. et al. Piezoelectric activity of (1-x)[0.35Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3-0.3BiFeO3-0.35BiScO3] - xPbTiO3 ceramics as a function of temperature. J Electroceram 28, 95–100 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-012-9685-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-012-9685-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation