BARC/PUB/2024/0049

 
 

Quasi-static piezoelectric strain and recoverable energy at a low biased field in Sr2+ substituted electrostrictive BZT ceramic

 
     
 
Author(s)

Manna, A.; Kushvaha, D. K.; Rout, S. K.; Tiwari, B.; and others
(TPD)

Source

Bulletin of Materials Science, 2024. Vol. 47 (1): pp. 1-15: Article no. 11

ABSTRACT

Sr2+  modified perovskite-type polycrystalline BaTi0.9Zr0.1O3  ferroelectric ceramic exhibits high potential to engage in piezoelectric or high energy density storage applications. In this study, the structural, microstructural, electrical, ferroelectric and piezoelectric behaviours have been investigated in detail. The developed material crystallizes in tetragonal phase with a decrease in lattice parameter by substituting Sr2+  ion in the A site. Each composition shows a diffused  phase  transition,  which  is  a  characteristic  of  the  relaxor  phase.  A  significant  decrease  in  phase  transition temperature from 99.8°C for x = 0.00 to 50.9°C for x = 0.20 is observed. The large energy density storage capacity for composition x = 0.10 with Wrec ~ 62.18 mJ cm–3 has been observed at a low field, but maximum efficiency η = ~81.46% is observed for x = 0.20. The Sr2+ doped composition with x = 0.10 shows good piezoelectric strain = 0.029% with a small hysteresis loss in S–E curve, which makes it suitable for piezoelectric application. The significantly high electrostrictive coefficient Q11 = 0.078 m4 C–2 is observed for composition x = 0.15

 
 
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