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Understanding thermal depolarization via thermally stimulated depolarization current measurement

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Thermal depolarization in poling-induced piezoelectric materials is defined as the disappearance of remanent polarization at a so-called depolarization temperature. A thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurement is most widely used for examining depolarization as a function of temperature. TSDC results in the literature commonly show a gradual reduction of polarization even below depolarization temperature (Td). However, no degradation happens when thermal heat treatments are conducted below Td, meaning that the apparent reduction in polarization measured by TSDC is sure to be an artifact. Here, we demonstrate that such artifact is unavoidable during TSDC measurements and propose a method to circumvent it. This strategy was manifested on TSDC data collected from a relaxor ferroelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) single crystals.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Material Technology Development Program (No. 1415182019) through the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT). A part of Sun’s work was supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2309184. Ryu was supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2309184.

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    Jeong-Woo Sun, Temesgen Tadeyos Zate, Woo-Jin Choi, Geon-Ju Lee & Wook Jo

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    Jeong-Woo Sun & Jong Eun Ryu

  3. iBULe Photonics, Inc., 7-39, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea

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Sun, JW., Zate, T.T., Choi, WJ. et al. Understanding thermal depolarization via thermally stimulated depolarization current measurement. J. Korean Ceram. Soc. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43207-024-00392-y

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