• 센서학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.59-62
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• 2020

Currently, increasing attention is being paid to relaxor-based ferroelectric single crystals in photoacoustic images, especially for high-end applications. Among the crystals are (1-x)Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-xPbTiO₃ (PMN-100xPT) single crystals located near their morphotropic phase boundary (x = 0.30-0.35) because of their ultrahigh piezoelectric and electromechanical coupling properties. The alternating current poling (ACP) treatment, rather than the conventional direct current poling treatment, has recently been spotlighted due to its effectiveness in enhancing the piezoelectric properties. So far, it has been suggested that the enhanced piezoelectricity originates from either a domain miniaturization to nanodomains or from an electric-field-induced monoclinic symmetry. In this study, we demonstrate by thermally stimulated depolarization current measurements that the effect of ACP is too complex to be explained using a single mechanism and that the proposed electric-field-induced monoclinic symmetry is unlikely to exist.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.329-333
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• 2013

The structural phase transformations of $0.7Pb(Mg_{1/3}Nb_{2/3})O_3-0.3PbTiO_3$ (PMN-0.3PT) were studied using high resolution x-ray diffraction (HRXRD) as a function of temperature and electric field. A phase transformational sequence of cubic (C)${\rightarrow}$tetragonal (T)${\rightarrow}$rhombohedral (R) phase was observed in zero-field-cooled conditions; and a $C{\rightarrow}T{\rightarrow}$monoclinic $(M_C){\rightarrow}$ monoclinic ($M_A$) phase was observed in the field-cooled conditions. The transformation of T to $M_A$ phase was realized through an intermediate $M_C$ phase. The results also represent conclusive and direct evidence of a $M_C$ to $M_A$ phase transformation in field-cooled conditions. Beginning from the zero-field-cooled condition, a $R{\rightarrow}M_A{\rightarrow}M_C{\rightarrow}T$ phase transformational sequence was found with an increasing electric field at a fixed temperature. Upon removal of the field, the $M_A$ phase was stable at room temperature. With increasing the field, the transformation temperature from T to $M_C$ and from $M_C$ to $M_A$ phase decreased, and the phase stability ranges of both T and $M_C$ phases increased. Upon removal of the field, the phase transformation from R to $M_A$ phase was irreversible, but from $M_A$ to $M_C$ was reversible, which means that $M_A$ is the dominant phase under the electric field. In the M phase region, the results confirmed that lattice parameters and tilt angles were weakly temperature dependent over the range of investigated temperatures.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.150-154
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• 2019

This study investigates the effect of MnO2 and CuO as acceptor additives on the microstructure and piezoelectric properties of $0.96(K_{0.5}Na_{0.5})_{0.95}Li_{0.05}Nb_{0.93}Sb_{0.07}O_3-0.04BaZrO_3$, which has a rhombohedral-tetragonal phase boundary composition. $MnO_2$ and CuO-added $0.96(K_{0.5}Na_{0.5})_{0.95}Li_{0.05}Nb_{0.93}Sb_{0.07}O_3-0.04BaZrO_3$ ceramics sintered at a relatively low temperature of $1020^{\circ}C$ show a pure perovskite phase with no secondary phase. As the addition of $MnO_2$ and CuO increases, the sintered density and grain size of the resulting ceramics increases. Due to the difference in the amount of oxygen vacancies produced by B-site substitution, Cu ion doping is more effective for uniform grain growth than Mn ion doping. The formation of oxygen vacancies due to B-site substitution of Cu or Mn ions results in a hardening effect via ferroelectric domain pinning, leading to a reduction in the piezoelectric charge coefficient and improvement of the mechanical quality factor. For the same amount of additive, the addition of CuO is more advantageous for obtaining a high mechanical quality factor than the addition of $MnO_2$.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2000

디지털형 압전/전왜 액츄에이터 응용을 위하여 상경계(반강유전상/강유전상) 조성인 $Pb_{0.94}Y_{0.04}[(Zr_0.6Sn_0.4)_{0.915}Ti_0.085]O_3$ (PYZST) 계를 택하여 과잉 PbO의 첨가량 및 소결 조건 변화에 따른 상전이 특성, 유전 특성 및 전기장 유기변형 특성을 연구하였다. 사방정 구조를 갖는 PYZST 세라믹스에서 과잉 PbO 첨가에 따른 결정구조의 변화는 거의 확인되지 않았으나, 소결 후 입자가 약간 작아지며 둥근 형태로 변화하였고 첨가량 증가에 따라 적정 소결온도는 감소하였다. 과잉 PbO의 첨가량이 증가함에 따라, 분극측정시 반강유전상이 보다 안정되는 경향을 보였고, 전계유도변형 측정시 인가전기장 제거상태에서의 변형의 형상기억성이 감소하고 디지털형 변형곡선 특성이 강화되었다. 또한 최대 유전상수와 전계 유기변형량은 감소하였으나 반면 상전이(반강유전상$\leftrightarrow$강유전상) 전기장 및 비저항은 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다. 이러한 결과는 과잉으로 첨가된 PbO에 의한 격자 결함반응 및 분역벽 이동 거동 가능성과 연관시켜 설명하였다.