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Templated grain growth and piezoelectric properties of 〈001〉-textured PIN–PMN–PT ceramics

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The 〈001〉-textured 36Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3–30Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–34PbTiO3 (36PIN–30PMN–34PT) ceramics were successfully prepared by the templated grain growth method using BaTiO3 (BT) templates with an average edge length of 10 µm and a thickness of about 0.5 µm. The highest Lotgering factor of 95% has been achieved for the textured ceramics with 5 wt% BT templates sintered at 1240 °C. The Curie temperature (TC) and dielectric constant (εr) of the textured 36PIN–30PMN–34PT ceramics were 225 °C and 2850, respectively. The piezoelectric constant d33 of the textured samples was 780 pC/N and almost 2 times higher than that of random 36PIN–30PMN–34PT samples. The planar mode electromechanical coupling coefficient kp was 59% for the textured samples. Unipolar strain-field measurements for the textured ceramics exhibited 0.34% strain at 4 kV/mm.

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This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61471290) and the China-Swiss science and technology cooperation projects.

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    Dan-dan Wei, Qi-bin Yuan, Gao-qun Zhang & Hong Wang

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Wei, Dd., Yuan, Qb., Zhang, Gq. et al. Templated grain growth and piezoelectric properties of 〈001〉-textured PIN–PMN–PT ceramics. Journal of Materials Research 30, 2144–2150 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.189

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