The Research on the (1-x) PZT-x PMN Piezoelectric Materials

Abstract:

It is well known that piezoelectric ceramics are wildly used in many fields such as electrical sensors, actuators, alarm equipments etc. In this paper，the microstructure and the piezoelectric properties of Pb（Zr1/2Ti1/2）1-x（Nb2/3Mg1/3）xO3 (PMNZT) were studied. A novel B-site precursor method was adopted for preparing of Pb（Zr1/2Ti1/2）1-x（Nb2/3Mg1/3）xO3 samples. For investigating the crystallographic phase and microstructure of the samples, X-ray diffraction(XRD) and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) methods have been adopted respectively. The results show that a pure perovskite structure can be obtained after sintering at 1220°C for 2h. Through this experiment, it has been found that when sintering at 1220°C for 2h and the amounts of the Pbx（Nb2/3Mg1/3）xO3 (PMN) is 0.14, the Pb（Zr1/2Ti1/2）1-x（Nb2/3Mg1/3）xO3 samples are with the best electrical properties as follows: dielectric constant (ε) is 1858, dielectric loss(tanδ) is 0.017, electromechanical coupling coefficient (Kp) is 0.515, piezoelectric constant(d33) is 362PC/N

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 700)
• Pages: 148-151
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.700.148
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Gui Gui Peng*, Shun Min Hu, De Yi Zheng
• Keywords: B-Site Precursor, Microstructure, Piezoelectric Properties, PMNZT

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