Pb（Sc1／2Ta1／2）O3铁电体的有序结构和介电性质）

通过铌铁矿预合成法制备Ｐｂ（Ｓｃ１／２Ｔａ１／２）Ｏ３（ＰＳＴ）陶瓷，经适当的热处理获得了钙钛矿化合物Ｂ位离子的高有序和高无序试样，ＰＳＴ陶瓷的介电性质研究结果表明，高有序试样（Ｓ＝０．７７）的居里温度为２９℃，并具有较低的介电常数表现出普通铁电体性质特征，而高元序试样（Ｓ＝０）具有很高的介电常数，并表现出明显的弥散性相转变和Ｔｍ的频率色散行为，即高介电常数的驰豫铁电体性质。文中还利用ＸＲＤ，ＳＥ     

复合钙钛矿Pb（Fe1／2Nb1／2）O3的弛豫特性

制备了纯钙钛矿相Ｐｂ（Ｆｅ１／２Ｎｂ１／２）Ｏ３（ＰＦＮ）陶瓷，研究其介电性能表明，ＰＦＮ陶瓷无论退火与否都存在弥散性相变（ＤＰＴ）现象，未退火试样εｍａｘ对应的温度Ｔｍ不随测量频率变化，退火试样的Ｔｍ随频率变化，即表现出Ｔｍ频率色散现象，结合ＸＲＤ分析，指出ＰＦＮ应属弛豫铁电体。     

Thin-Layer Dielectrics in the Pb[(Mg1/3Nb2/3)1-xTix]O3 System

Thin layers of Pb[(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)_{1– x} Ti _x ]O₃ (PMNT) were prepared by spin casting alkoxide-based solutions on platinized Si. The effects of additives, heat treatment, and composition ( x = 0 to 0.9) on perovskite phase development, ceramic microstructure, and dielectric properties are reported. Depending upon the processing conditions, ceramic thin layers could be formed in a nonferroelectric pyrochlore phase (A₂B₂O₆) or in a ferroelectric perovskite phase (ABO₃). The dimensions of the pyrochlore and perovskite units cells were related and increased with Mg and Nb contents. To minmize pyrochlore formation, the most effective processing method involved rapid heat treatment between successive solution depositions. Phase development and microstructure were also affected by solution additives. Additions of benzoic acid were found to affect the structure in solution and the later organic pyrolysis behavior from thin layers. The effect of composition on the dielectric and ferroelectric properties is also reported.     

Current Understanding of Structure–Processing–Property Relationships in BaTiO3–Bi(M)O3 Dielectrics

As part of a continued push for high permittivity dielectrics suitable for use at elevated operating temperatures and/or large electric fields, modifications of BaTiO₃ with Bi(M)O₃, where M represents a net‐trivalent B‐site occupied by one or more species, have received a great deal of recent attention. Materials in this composition family exhibit weakly coupled relaxor behavior that is not only remarkably stable at high temperatures and under large electric fields, but is also quite similar across various identities of M. Moderate levels of Bi content (as much as 50 mol%) appear to be crucial to the stability of the dielectric response. In addition, the presence of significant Bi reduces the processing temperatures required for densification and increases the required oxygen content in processing atmospheres relative to traditional X7R‐type BaTiO₃‐based dielectrics. Although detailed understanding of the structure–processing–property relationships in this class of materials is still in its infancy, this article reviews the current state of understanding of the mechanisms underlying the high and stable values of both relative permittivity and resistivity that are characteristic of BaTiO₃‐Bi(M)O₃ dielectrics as well as the processing challenges and opportunities associated with these materials.     

Mechanical Activation-Assisted Synthesis of Pb(Fe2/3W1/3)O3

Perovskite Pb(Fe_2/3W_1/3)O₃ (PFW) was prepared via a mechanical activation-assisted synthesis route from mixed oxides of PbO, Fe₂O₃, and WO₃. The mechanically activated oxide mixture, which exhibited a specific area of >10 m²/g, underwent phase conversion from nanocrystalline lead tungstate (PbWO₄) and pyrochlore (Pb₂FeWO_6.5) phases on sintering to yield perovskite PFW, although the formation of perovskite phase was not triggered by mechanical activation. When heated to 700°C, >98% perovskite phase was formed in the mechanically activated oxide mixture. The perovskite phase was sintered to a density of ∼99% of theoretical density at 870°C for 2 h. The sintered PFW exhibited a dielectric constant of 9800 at 10 kHz, which was ∼30% higher than that of the PFW derived from the oxide mixture that was not subjected to mechanical activation.     

Direct Compositional Analysis of Ordered Domains in Pure and La-Doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 by Analytical Electron Microscopy Techniques

The ordered domain structures in Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃(PMN) and Pb_{1– x} La _x (Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃ are identified using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and nanobeam diffractometry (NBD). The chemical compositions in the ordered domains and in the disordered matrices are also acquired using energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The best matching computer-simulated HRTEM image has a Mg²⁺/Nb²⁺ ratio of return ½. There is no obvious chemical composition difference between the ordered domains and the disordered matrices. The number of the normalized total positive valence electrons remains almost constant in the ordered domains and in the disordered matrices for all the samples. The reason for the growth of the ordered domains in La-doped PMN also is discussed.     

Nanoscale Insight Into Lead‐Free BNT‐BT‐xKNN

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is used to afford insight into the nanoscale electromechanical behavior of lead‐free piezoceramics. Materials based on Bi_1/2Na_1/2TiO₃ exhibit high strains mediated by a field‐induced phase transition. Using the band excitation technique the initial domain morphology, the poling behavior, the switching behavior, and the time‐dependent phase stability in the pseudo‐ternary system (1–x)(0.94Bi_1/2Na_1/2TiO₃‐0.06BaTiO₃)‐xK_0.5Na_0.5NbO₃ (0 <= x <= 18 mol%) are revealed. In the base material (x = 0 mol%), macroscopic domains and ferroelectric switching can be induced from the initial relaxor state with sufficiently high electric field, yielding large macroscopic remanent strain and polarization. The addition of KNN increases the threshold field required to induce long range order and decreases the stability thereof. For x = 3 mol% the field‐induced domains relax completely, which is also reflected in zero macroscopic remanence. Eventually, no long range order can be induced for x >= 3 mol%. This PFM study provides a novel perspective on the interplay between macroscopic and nanoscopic material properties in bulk lead‐free piezoceramics.     

NBT-KBT-BT系弛豫铁电体的弥散相变研究

采用传统压电陶瓷固相合成法制得纯钙钛矿相的(1.002-5x)NBT-4xKBT-(x-0.002)BT(x=0.026,0.028,0.030,0.032,0.034)(简写为BNBKT100x)系弛豫铁电体。通过X-射线衍射(XRD)分析,当x=0.030时为三方、四方两相共存,为该体系的准同型相界。系列样品的介电温谱显示在室温到500℃之间存在两个介电反常峰,分别对应于陶瓷材料的铁电-反铁电-顺电相变。同时发现该系列样品显示出弛豫铁电体特性。并用成分起伏理论解释了这种弛豫弥散相变。     

Large strain under low driving field in lead-free relaxor/ferroelectric composite ceramics

0.75(Na_0.5Bi_0.5)TiO₃–0.25SrTiO₃ lead-free incipient piezoceramic is a promising candidate for actuator applications due to their large reversible electromechanical strains at the relatively low driving field of 40 kV/cm. In order to further reduce the driving field of 0.75(Na_0.5Bi_0.5)TiO–0.25SrTiO₃ relaxor ceramic to meet the requirements for real actuators application, the relaxor/ferroelectric (RE/FE) 0-3 composite ceramics method was employed. The polarization and strain behaviors were examined as a function of the weight ratio of the relaxor/ferroelectric phases. It was found that 90 wt% 0.75(Na_0.5Bi_0.5)TiO₃–0.25SrTiO₃/10 wt% 0.96(Na_0.84K_0.16)_1/2Bi_1/2TiO₃–0.04SrTiO₃ RE/FE 0-3 type composite samples provided a high unipolar strain of 0.25% and the corresponding large-signal piezoelectric coefficient, d^*₃₃ of 833 pm/V at 30 kV/cm, which are 32% higher than the values of the pure 0.75(Na_0.5Bi_0.5)TiO₃–0.25SrTiO₃. The enhanced electric-field-induced strain at relatively lower field was attributed primarily to the reduction in the RE-FE phase transition electric field. It was also found that the RE/FE composite ceramics exhibited significantly reduced frequency dependence in the unipolar strain behavior at room temperature.     

Synthesis and characterization of a pyrochlore solid solution in the Na2O-Bi2O3-TiO2 system

The compositional limits of a previously reported (J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 61, 5-8. (1978)) but relatively unstudied sodium-bismuth titanate pyrochlore solid solution are revised and their electrical properties presented. The pyrochlore solid solution we report forms via a different mechanism to that originally reported and occurs in a different location within the Na₂O-Bi₂O₃-TiO₂ ternary system. In both cases, relatively large amounts of vacancies are required on the A-sites and on the oxygen sites, similar to that reported for undoped ‘Bi₂Ti₂O₇’ pyrochlore. In contrast to ‘Bi₂Ti₂O₇’, this ternary pyrochlore solid solution can be prepared and ceramics sintered using conventional solid-state methods; however, the processing requires several challenges to be overcome to obtain dense ceramics. This cubic pyrochlore series has low electrical conductivity (and does not exhibit any evidence of oxide-ion conduction) and exhibits relaxor ferroelectric behavior with a broad permittivity maximum of ~100 near room temperature. Variable temperature neutron diffraction data do not provide any conclusive evidence for a phase transition in the pyrochlore solid solution between ~4 and 873 K.