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Temperature dependence of the mechanical and electrical properties of soft-doped lead zirconate titanate under compression and impact

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Compared to a quasistatic environment, the electromechanical response of piezoelectric ceramics exhibits a considerably nonlinear behavior when subjected to impact. If the effect of ambient temperature is further considered, then the situation becomes more unpredictable. The thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties of soft-doped piezoelectric ceramics (PZT-5H) under compression and impact conditions were analyzed in the temperature range of −60°C to 200°C (below Curie temperature). The experimental results indicate that the fracture strength of PZT-5H has an extreme value near room temperature. The dynamic piezoelectric coefficient is strongly temperature dependent and has a maximum value near 100°C because of the “electric devil’s staircase effect” between polarization and domain switching threshold. These temperature-dependent data will enable the accurate prediction of the dynamic performance of devices by computer simulation.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Transient Physical Mechanics and Energy Conversion Materials of Liaoning Province, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, 110159, China

    RuiZhi Wang, ZhiQiang Wang, EnLing Tang, LiPing He, Chuang Chen & YaFei Han

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    RuiZhi Wang, EnLing Tang & GuoLai Yang

  3. Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621999, China

    Hui Peng

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12172232) and the scientific research support plan for igh-level talents introduced by Shenyang Ligong University.

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Wang, R., Wang, Z., Tang, E. et al. Temperature dependence of the mechanical and electrical properties of soft-doped lead zirconate titanate under compression and impact. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 66, 3562–3573 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-023-2402-2

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