Electromechanical Properties of Mn-Doped PB (In1/2Nb1/2) O3-Pb (Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3-Pbtio3 Piezoelectric Ceramics
Electromechanical Properties of Mn-Doped PB (In1/2Nb1/2) O3-Pb (Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3-Pbtio3 Piezoelectric Ceramics
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Article history: The dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric properties of Mn-doped and undoped yPb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-
Received 20 March 2016 (1 x y)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT) ternary ceramics with morphotropic phase boundary
Received in revised form composition have been investigated. Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics show obvious hardening char-
18 June 2016
acteristics. With 2 mol% Mn doping the mechanical quality factor Qm can be increased to as high as 2000,
Accepted 26 June 2016
while the electromechanical coupling factor (kp ¼57%) is still comparable to that of the undoped coun-
Available online 27 June 2016
terpart. The internal bias field Ei was analyzed and calculated based on the P-E hysteresis loops for the
Keywords: Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramic. The relatively high Curie temperature, very high Qm, and low dielectric
PIN-PMN-PT ceramic loss make the Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics good candidates for high power and high temperature
Piezoelectric
electromechanical device applications.
Mechanical quality factor
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Internal bias field
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2. Experimental procedure
3. Results and discussion Fig. 3. Ferroelectric hysteresis loops of Mn-doped 24PIN-42PMN-34PT ceramics (0–
5 mol%).
Fig. 1 shows the XRD patterns of 24PIN-42PMN-34PT ceramics
with different Mn-doped contents. In these patterns, only pure (R) phases can be identified by an analysis of the peaks (002) and
perovskite phase exists without detectable trace of pyrochlore (111). The splitting of (002) peak indicates the T phase, while the
structure. It is noted that tetragonal (T) and rhombohedral single (111) peak shows the R phase. In these patterns, there is no
observable split in both (111) and (200) peaks. In addition, the
broadened (200) peak indicates the coexistence of rhombohedral
and tetragonal phases [13,15].
Unlike the XRD, which investigates the average crystal struc-
ture of materials, Raman spectroscopy is a convenient method to
study lattice dynamics, micro-symmetry and phase transitions.
Combined with an optical microscope, a Raman spectrum can be
collected in micron scale by focusing the laser on the sample with
the spot size about 1–2 mm. In the past decade, micro-Raman
scattering technique has been used to study relaxor ferroelectrics
extensively, such as PMN, PMN-PT and PIN-PMN-PT [25]. Fig. 2
shows the depolarized Raman spectra of Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT
ceramics. It can be seen that all Raman spectra with different Mn
doping exhibited analogous bands and all bands are relatively
broad due to peak overlapping, which is a typical feature of re-
laxor-based ferroelectrics. According to lattice dynamics calcula-
tions and the mode assignment of PMN and PMN-PT, the region of
500–900 cm 1 was related to B-O-B′ and B-O-B stretching modes,
Fig. 1. XRD patterns of Mn-doped 24PIN-42PMN-34PT ceramics (0–5 mol%). the modes from 150 to 500 cm 1 were attributed to B-O-B
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Table 1
Dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric properties of Mn-doped 24PIN-42PMN-34PT ceramics.
Fig. 7. SEM microstructures of 24PIN-42PMN-34PT ceramics doped with Mn of (a) 0 mol%, (b) 1 mol%, (c) 2 mol%, (d) 3 mol%, (e) 4 mol%, and (f) 5 mol%.
polar nanoregions (PNRs). The dielectric constant and dielectric addition, the Curie temperature TC has slightly increased from
loss tanδ (at 1 kHz) at room temperature are listed in Table 1. The 205 °C at 0 mol% to 209 °C at 2 mol%, and decreased by 16 °C from
Curie temperature TC basically keeps similar values for different 3 mol% to 5 mol% Mn doping. Similar phenomena were also re-
mount of Mn additions. However, the dielectric peaks were sup- ported in the Mn-doped PZT system [34]. In addition, the dielectric
pressed by the Mn doping due to the domain pinning effect. In loss (tanδ) was significantly decreased to 3 10 3 after 1 mol%
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doping, but increased again when the Mn addition is larger than charge carrier, so that the dielectric loss will be increased. On the
2 mol%. other hand, the mechanical quality factor is affected by both the
The piezoelectric strain as a function of electric field is illu- domain pinning and grain size effects, and shows the largest value
strated in Fig. 6. The piezoelectric strain (S%) is a relative bipolar at 2 mol% due to the solubility limit.
strain, which was obtained using the true strain dividing the
sample thickness along the vibration direction. From Fig. 6, it can
be seen that the strain had an obvious decrease from 0 mol% to 4. Conclusion
2 mol% Mn content. Further increasing the amount of Mn beyond
2 mol%, the strain gradually reached a saturated level. The S% can The Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics exhibited representative
reach 0.14% without doping and the lowest level was only around hardening character with greatly improved mechanical quality
0.025% after doping under a field of 20 kV/cm. factor Qm and dielectric loss tanδ. At the same time, there is a
The piezoelectric coefficient d33 and electromechanical cou- slight decrease of the electromechanical coupling factor kp and
pling factor kp are very important properties for ferroelectric piezoelectric constant d33. The internal bias field was induced by
ceramics. They reflect the ability of electromechanical energy dipolar defects, and piezoelectric and dielectric activities were
conversion and electromechanical coupling. As shown in Fig. 4(b), suppressed due to the pinning of domain wall motions. Our results
d33 shows similar trend as that of the strain. With the increase of also indicated that the 2 mol% Mn-doping is the solubility limit for
doping ratio, the d33 has a significant decrease from 516 pC/N at the PIN-PMN-PT ceramics and the dielectric, piezoelectric, and
0 mol% to 347 pC/N at 2 mol%, and slightly decrease from 313 pC/N electromechanical properties of Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics
at 3 mol% to 297 pC/N at 5 mol% Mn doping. It is well known that begin to decrease beyond 2 mol% Mn doping.
the d33 value could also be deduced from the slope of strain vs
electric field, consequently the d33 and the strain show the same
varying trend in this work. The kp is about 57% with 2 mol% Mn Acknowledgements
doping, which is lower than that of undoped PIN-PMN-PT ceramic
(kp ¼ 67%). Through the above description, one can see that partial This research was supported in part by the National Key Basic
piezoelectric properties of the PIN-PMN-PT ceramics were sup- Research Program of China (973 Program) under Grant No.
pressed by Mn additions. 2013CB632900, the NSFC under Grant No. 11304061 and
The mechanical quality factor Qm is a crucial property for high 51575344, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant
power piezoelectric devices, such as ultrasonic motors, ultrasonic No. 2013M531029, the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund under
cleaners and ultrasonic welding machines. The formula of Qm ¼fr/ Grant No. LBH-Z13072, and the Fundamental Research Funds for
(f1 f2) was applied to calculate the Qm, where fr is the resonance the Central Universities under Grant No. HIT. NSRIF. 2014083.
frequency, f1 and f2 are frequencies at 3 dB down the maximum
admittance. The calculated values of Qm are given in Table 1. The
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