Published August 15, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Structure and dielectric properties of Pb(Zn0.2Ni0.8)1/3Nb2/3O3-PbTiO3 ferroelectric ceramic near the morphotropic phase boundary

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

Description

The structure and dielectric behaviors of compositions near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) of (1 - x)Pb(Zn0.2Ni0.8)1/3Nb2/3O3-xPbTiO3 ceramics have been systematically investigated as a function of PbTiO3 (PT) content. XRD experiments demonstrate that compositions with x = 0.26-0.38 lie in the MPB region of this ternary system. Dielectric behaviors of frequency dispersion and diffuse phase transition are gradually weakened with increasing PT content. Composition with x = 0.30 exhibits the maximum dielectric constant of about 24,500 at 1 kHz. Compared with Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 system, the addition of Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 in this study brings about the enlargement of the MPB region, the increase in the Curie temperature and the improvement of dielectric properties

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.mseb.2005.04.005;
PII
S0921-5107(05)00247-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Science and Engineering. B, Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
Journal Volume
121
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 261-265
ISSN
0921-5107
CODEN
MSBTEK

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