Effect of off-center ion substitution in morphotropic lead zirconate titanate

Mohan K. Bhattarai; Shojan P.  Pavunny; Alvaro A.  Instan; James Floyd Scott; Ram S.   Katiyar

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Effect of off-center ion substitution in morphotropic lead zirconate titanate

Mohan K. Bhattarai, Shojan P. Pavunny, Alvaro A. Instan, James Floyd Scott, Ram S. Katiyar

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A detailed study of the effect of off-center donor ion (Sc³⁺) substitution on structural, microstructural, optical, dielectric, electrical and ferroelectric properties of morphotropic lead zirconate titanate electroceramics with the stoichiometric formula Pb_0.85Sc_0.10Zr_0.53Ti_0.47O₃ (PSZT), synthesized using a high-energy solid-state reaction technique, was carried out. Powder x-ray diffractometry was used to identify the stabilized tetragonal phase (space group P4mm) with considerably reduced tetragonal strain, c/a = 1.005. An analysis of the thermal dependence of the Raman results indicated a smooth order-disorder displacive (ferroelectric-paraelectric) phase transition as revealed by the observed disappearance of the soft modes A₁ (1TO) and A₁ (2TO) above 460 K. The dielectric response of Pt/PSZT/Pt metal-ferroelectric-metal (MFM) capacitors was probed over a wide range of thermal excursions (85-600 K) and ac signal frequencies (10²-10⁶ Hz). Thermally activated dynamic and static conduction processes indicate hopping conduction mechanism (E_act ≤ 0.015 eV) and the formation of small polarons caused by the electron and/or hole-lattice (phonon) interaction (E_act≥ 0.1 eV) at low (100−300 K) and high temperatures (300−600 K), respectively. The reduction in remnant polarization obtained is in good agreement with the largely reduced tetragonal strain observed in this sample, ( P_r∝√(c/a-1) ). DC current conduction is dominated by Poole-Frenkel mechanism that assumes a Coulombic attraction between de-trapped electrons and positively charged stationary defects in the polycrystalline matrix.

Original language	English
Article number	194102
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	121
Issue number	19
Early online date	17 May 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4983526
Publication status	Published - 21 May 2017

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Effect of off-center ion substitution in morphotropic lead zirconate titanate

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