Effect of Porosity on Functional Properties of Lead-Free Piezoelectric BaZr0.15Ti0.85O3 Porous Ceramics

Autor: Lavinia Curecheriu, Vlad Alexandru Lukacs, Leontin Padurariu, George Stoian, Cristina Elena Ciomaga
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 13, Iss 15, p 3324 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma13153324
Popis: The present paper reports the dependence of dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties on the porosity level in BaZr0.15Ti0.85O3 ceramics with porosity from 5% to 21%. Microporosity with 0–3 connectivity has been produced using PMMA microspheres as a sacrificial template. The functional properties (dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric effect) are mostly affected by the “dilution effect”: permittivity decreases by 40% when porosity increases by 21%, and Pmax decreases from 13 to 5 µC/cm2 while the Prem is in the range of (2–8) µC/cm2. However, the reduction of the zero-field permittivity and hysteretic behaviour of ε(E) while the tunability level is still high makes from porous ceramics interesting materials for tunability application.
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