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Dielectric Relaxation and Electromechanical Degradation of Gd-doped PMN-29PT Ferroelectric Ceramics with Ultrahigh Piezoelectricity

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Background

Due to a giant piezoelectric coefficient (d33≈2000 pC/N) around the MPB, the Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (PMN-xPT) single crystals are largely studied, but their fabrication in large dimensions with constant properties is difficult. Ferroelectric ceramics are quite easy to obtain and can keep constant properties in large dimensions. Therefore, PMN-xPT ferroelectric ceramics with piezoelectricity close to that of single crystals are expected to have great application potentials in the piezoelectric devices. However, there are so few reports on the PMN-xPT ferroelectric ceramics with piezoelectric coefficient above 1000 pC/N to this day.

Methods

In this work, we try to fabricate the PMN-29PT ferroelectric ceramics with piezoelectric coefficient above 1000 pC/N by a A-site modified oxide precursor method. After measuring the dielectric, piezoelectric and electromechanical coupling properties of the ceramics according to the IEEE standards, the degradation of electrical properties were further investigated by driving them to be resonantly vibrating with different power levels.

Conclusions

The 1.6mol% Gd2O3-doped PMN-29PT ferroelectric ceramics display a diffuse phase transition with a broad maximum in the dielectric permittivity and a strong frequency dispersion of the permittivity below the temperature of the maximum permittivity (Tm=74°C at 1 kHz). Both an ultrahigh d33 of 1210 pC/N and a high g33 of 16.5×10-3 Vm/N were identified in the sample, as well as its kp value reaches 0.63. The electrical properties of the sample were found to be largely degraded after a resonant driving with gradient power levels (Vp-p) increasing from 1 V to 13 V. However, the sample can keep a good endurance to the resonant driving with a constant power level below 4 V. Either driving ways, very less heat was generated in the sample during resonant vibration. Such a high-performance PMN-29PT-1.6Gd ceramic may be considered as a good sensing material for the high power piezoelectric and ultrasonic devices.

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This work was supported by the Opening Project of Material Corrosion and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan province (2021CL11).

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    Ruoyu You & Yu Chen

  2. School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China

    Dongming Zhang

  3. Material Corrosion and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Zigong, 643000, China

    Lei Fu

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You, R., Zhang, D., Fu, L. et al. Dielectric Relaxation and Electromechanical Degradation of Gd-doped PMN-29PT Ferroelectric Ceramics with Ultrahigh Piezoelectricity. J. Vib. Eng. Technol. 10, 639–647 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-021-00396-6

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