Issue 29, 2016

Phase transition and domain configuration of poled rhombohedral PIN–PZ–PMN–PT single crystals

Abstract

A perovskite single crystal of the quaternary system PIN–PZ–PMN–PT, with rhombohedral (R) symmetry (3m) and a size of 10 × 10 × 6 mm3, was successfully grown by a slow cooling method, which had a high rhombohedral-to-tetragonal (T) ferroelectric (FE) phase transition temperature (TR–T = 129 °C). The introduction of In3+ and Zr4+ enhanced the repulsion intensity between Pb2+ and B-site cations in the ABO3 lattice and increased the energy difference ΔET–R, resulting in an improved FE phase transition temperature compared to the PMN–PT binary system single crystals. The evolution of domain configuration induced by both electric field and temperature was studied for the [001]C PIN–PZ–PMN–PT single crystal by using a polarized light microscope. Star porphyritic domains with short-range order before poling and stripe domains with long-range order after poling were observed, respectively, confirming the typical relaxor domain configurations of the R phase. Fine domain walls induced by temperature for the poled [001]C sample were responsible for the high piezoelectric property. Furthermore, minor ferroelectric property variations (ΔPmax < 6%, ΔPr < 10%) were observed at the temperature range from 20 °C to 140 °C, indicating the good thermal stability of the quaternary system PIN–PZ–PMN–PT single crystal.

Graphical abstract: Phase transition and domain configuration of poled rhombohedral PIN–PZ–PMN–PT single crystals

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 May 2016
Accepted
01 Jun 2016
First published
02 Jun 2016

CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 5519-5527

Phase transition and domain configuration of poled rhombohedral PIN–PZ–PMN–PT single crystals

W. He, Q. Li, T. Jiang, F. Zhuo and Q. Yan, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 5519 DOI: 10.1039/C6CE01107A

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