Electrical polarization phenomena, dielectric relaxations and structural transitions in a relaxor-ferroelectric terpolymer investigated with electrical probing techniques

Autor: Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Anna A Gulyakova, Peter Frübing, Reimund Gerhard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Materials Research Express, Vol 6, Iss 12, p 125301 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2053-1591
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab5352
Popis: Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy (DRS) and Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Current (TSDC) measurements were employed to study dielectric-relaxation processes, structural transitions and electric-polarization phenomena in poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)) terpolymer films. Results from DRS confirm the existence of two separate dispersion regions related to a para-to-ferroelectric phase transition and to the glass transition. The dipolar TSDC peak correlates with the loss peak of the α relaxation that represents the glass transition. The electric polarization calculated from the dipolar TSDC peak (glass transition) shows a non-linear electric-field dependence and saturates at high electric poling fields. As the observed behaviour is essentially the same as that of the electric polarization obtained from direct polarization- versus -electric-field hysteresis measurements, TSDC experiments are also suitable for studying the polarization in relaxor-ferroelectric polymers. A saturation polarization of 44 mC m ^−2 was found for an electric field of 190 MV m ^−1 .
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