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Antiferroelectric–ferroelectric phase transition in lead zinc niobate modified lead zirconate ceramics: crystal studies, microstructure, thermal and electrical properties

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The combination of antiferroelectric PbZrO3 (PZ) and relaxor ferroelectric Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 was prepared via the columbite precursor method. The basic characterizations were performed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), linear thermal expansion, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques, dielectric spectroscopy, and hysteresis measurement. The XRD result indicated that the solid solubility limit of the (1−x)PZ–xPZN system was about x=0.40. The crystal structure of (1−x)PZ–xPZN transformed from orthorhombic to rhombohedral symmetry when the concentration of PZN was increased. A ferroelectric intermediate phase began to appear between the paraelectric and antiferroelectric phases of pure PZ, with increasing PZN content. In addition, the temperature range of the ferroelectric phase increased with increasing PZN concentration. The morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) in this system was located close to the composition, x=0.20.

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  1. Electroceramic Research Laboratory, College of KMITL Nanotechnology, King Mongkut’s Institite of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand

    Usa Sukkha & Naratip Vittayakorn

  2. Department of Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand

    Rangson Muanghlua & Surasak Niemcharoen

  3. King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chumphon Campus, 17/1M. 6 Pha Thiew District, Chumphon, 86160, Thailand

    Banjong Boonchoma

  4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand

    Naratip Vittayakorn

  5. ThEp Center, CHE, 328 Si Ayutthaya Road, Bankok, 10400, Thailand

    Usa Sukkha & Naratip Vittayakorn

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Sukkha, U., Muanghlua, R., Niemcharoen, S. et al. Antiferroelectric–ferroelectric phase transition in lead zinc niobate modified lead zirconate ceramics: crystal studies, microstructure, thermal and electrical properties. Appl. Phys. A 100, 551–559 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5871-1

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