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Observations on the structural, piezoelectric, and impedance properties of cation-(La and Sn) modified lead zirconium titanate (PLZST) ceramics

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The structural ambiguity was resolved quantitatively with dual-phase models of Cc + P4mm. Multiple-phase transition behaviors including Antiferroelectric (AFE) to Ferroelectric transition, transition at depolarization temperature, and AFE to paraelectric state transition were observed among PLZST samples and investigated in detail. The piezoelectric and impedance features of a modified PZT ceramic that has different mole ratios of La and Sn co-substitution are shown here. The principle of Archimedes shows that the synthesized specimens have sufficient density for withstanding high temperatures and higher fields while explaining them. We concentrated on the impedance and piezoelectric coefficients d33, g33, and figure of merit (FOM) of the ideal PbLaZrSnTiO3 (PLZST) composition (50/30/20) in this study. The PLZSTs consist of two phases (Cc + P4mm), which combine to generate a single phase with a high Sn content and a low La content. These structural correlations coexist with the dual evaluation of impedance and piezoelectric characteristics in order to produce optimum composition. In order to evaluate the impedance features, the property of activation energy for the grains also supports the PLZST (50/30/20) having superior properties among PLZSTs. The optimum composition will meet the current business's commercial needs through multiple windows.

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Authors’ sincere thanks to Dr. Rajashekar Reddy for his help in refinement and data analysis.

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  1. Department of Physics, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 520 008, India

    Kalpana Tirumalasetti

  2. Department of Science and Humanities, SRK Institute of Technology, Enikepadu, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 521108, India

    J. Ashok

  3. Department of Chemistry, Krishna University, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 521004, India

    Ravi Gudiguntla

  4. Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzividu, Andhra Pradesh, 521202, India

    N. Ch. Ramesh Babu

  5. Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517507, India

    P. Geetha

  6. Department of Chemistry, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, 523225, India

    Virupakshi Prabhakar

  7. Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517502, India

    G. Nagaraju

  8. Department of Physics, Sir. C.R. Reddy College of Engineering, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, 534007, India

    A. Chitti Babu

  9. Department of Chemistry, Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, 501305, India

    Pandiri Sreedhar

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KT: Investigation and methodology, JA: Data curation and writing draft, RG: Methodology and data curation, NCRB, PS: Methodology and data validation, PG: Data validation and review and editing the manuscript, GN, ACB, Data validation, review, and editing the manuscript. VP: Conceptualization, supervision, and review and writing the manuscript.

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Tirumalasetti, K., Ashok, J., Gudiguntla, R. et al. Observations on the structural, piezoelectric, and impedance properties of cation-(La and Sn) modified lead zirconium titanate (PLZST) ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 454 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12244-w

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