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Polarization-induced phase structure transition and change of photoluminescence in Er3+-doped (Ba, Ca)(Ti, Sn)O3-based multifunctional ceramics

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Rare-earth elements-doped lead-free piezoelectric ceramics are a valuable multifunctional material. The Er3+-doped (Ba, Ca) (Ti, Sn)O3 (BCTS-Er) ceramics with various polymorphic phase transition (PPT) were synthesized through a traditional solid-state reaction route. The component with a coexisting phase structure of orthorhombic and tetragonal is abbreviated as BCTS-Er-I, and the component with a coexisting phase structure of rhombohedral and tetragonal is abbreviated as BCTS-Er-II. The BCTS-Er ceramic exhibits high piezoelectric properties (BCTS-Er-I: d33 = 260 pC/N; BCTS-Er-II: d33 = 310 pC/N) and strong green photoluminescence (PL) emission. The effects of polarization on the PL properties of the BCTS-Er ceramics with various PPT were systematically studied. Compared with the PL intensity of the unpoled sample, that of the poled BCTS-Er-I ceramics weakened by 70%, while that of the poled BCTS-Er-II ceramics increased by four times under the electric field at 10 kV/cm. The effect of polarization treatment on the PL properties of the BCTS-Er ceramics is attributed to the polarization-induced phase transition, lattice distortion, the symmetry of the host lattice, and domain reorientation.

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Compared with the unpoled samples, the PL intensity of the poled BCTS-Er-I samples with O-T phase structure weakened by 70%, while that of the poled BCTS-Er- II samples with R-T phase structure increased by 4 times under an electric field of 10 kV/cm.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2016YFB0402701), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51701091), the Innovation Team of Higher Educational Science and Technology Program of Shandong Province (No. 2019KJA025), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (No. ZR2020ME031 and No. ZR2020ME033) and Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KLIFMD202008).

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Sun, M., Li, P., Hu, C. et al. Polarization-induced phase structure transition and change of photoluminescence in Er3+-doped (Ba, Ca)(Ti, Sn)O3-based multifunctional ceramics. J Mater Sci 56, 10204–10217 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-05966-3

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