Enhanced pyroelectric and piezoelectric responses in W/Mn-codoped Bi4Ti3O12 Aurivillius ceramics

Yanxue Tang, Zong-Yang Shen, Qiuxiang Du, Xiangyong Zhao, Feifei Wang, Xiaomei Qin, Tao Wang, Wangzhou Shi, Dazhi Sun, Zhiyong Zhou, Shujun Zhang

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Abstract

The pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties of 4 at% Mn-doped Bi4Ti2.9W0.1O12 (BiTW-Mn) Aurivillius ceramic were investigated and compared to Bi4Ti2.9W0.1O12 (BiTW) counterpart, which were fabricated using a conventional solid state reaction method. High resistivities of 4.9 × 1012 and 2.5 × 1011 Ω cm at 100 °C were obtained in the W-doped and W/Mn-codoped BiT ceramics, respectively. They showed similar activation energies and ionic-p-type mixed conduction mechanisms. Higher pyroelectric coefficients of 57.1 μC/m2K and piezoelectric coefficients of 21 pC/N, as well as much lower dielectric loss of 0.003 were achieved in W/Mn-codoped ceramics. These property changes were mainly induced by MnTi−Vo defect dipoles. The effect of acceptor doping was evidenced by an internal bias field, shown by a horizontal offset in the polarization-field behavior. The improved properties together with high thermal stability indicate that BiTW-Mn may be a promising candidate for pyroelectric and piezoelectric devices at elevated temperatures. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5348-5353
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume38
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018
Externally publishedYes

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Funding

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11574214, 51772192 and 61671224), the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 17070502700), the Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KLIFMD201603), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFB0701004). We are grateful to Dr. Jianjun Wang, Xiaoxing Cheng and Fei Xue from Pennsylvania State University for their insightful discussions and invaluable suggestions.

Research Keywords

  • Bismuth titanate
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Layered ceramics
  • Piezoelectric properties
  • Pyroelectricity

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