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Electrical properties of Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3–Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramics sintered in different atmospheres

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Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3–Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PNNZT) ceramics were sintered in different atmospheres (O2, N2 and air) and the effects of different sintering atmospheres on dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of PNNZT ceramics were investigated. The results showed that sintering atmospheres influence the properties of PNNZT ceramics markedly. PNNZT ceramics sintered in O2 showed the best piezoelectric properties, while PNNZT ceramics sintered in N2 showed the lowest piezoelectric properties but with good temperature stability. Diffuseness of phase transition and ferroelectric properties are also slightly changed for Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3–Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramics sintered in different atmospheres. The difference in electrical properties for PNNZT ceramics sintered in different atmospheres may be attributed to different vacancy defect types in these ceramics.

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The work was jointly supported by the Zhangjiang National Independent Innovation of Shanghai (Grant No. 202205-HK-E06-030), International Science & Technology Cooperation Project of Shanghai (Grant No. 22520730200), Technology Innovation Project of Shanghai Research Institute of Materials(Grant No. 23SG-10) and Science & Technology Project supported by Guilin (Grant No. 2022H03).

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    Yongli Zhang, Xingfeng Xu, Shuyang Wang, Li Wang, Gang Du & Jiangtao Zeng

  2. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Engineering Materials Application and Evaluation, Shanghai, 200437, China

    Yongli Zhang, Xingfeng Xu, Shuyang Wang, Li Wang, Gang Du & Jiangtao Zeng

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Conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis: YZ; data curation, writing—original draft preparation: XX; visualization, investigation: SW; resources: GD; software, validation: LW; supervision, writing—reviewing and editing: JZ.

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Zhang, Y., Xu, X., Wang, S. et al. Electrical properties of Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3–Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramics sintered in different atmospheres. Appl. Phys. A 129, 657 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06948-9

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