Zhukov, Sergey and Kungl, Hans and Genenko, Yuri A. and von Seggern, Heinz (2014):
Statistical electric field and switching time distributions in PZT 1Nb2Sr ceramics: Crystal- and microstructure effects.
In: Journal of Applied Physics, pp. 014103(1-13), 115, (1), ISSN 00218979, [Online-Edition: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4860335],
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Abstract
Dispersive polarization response of ferroelectric PZT ceramics is analyzed assuming the inhomogeneous field mechanism of polarization switching. In terms of this model, the local polarization switching proceeds according to the Kolmogorov-Avrami-Ishibashi scenario with the switching time determined by the local electric field. As a result, the total polarization reversal is dominated by the statistical distribution of the local field magnitudes. Microscopic parameters of this model (the high-field switching time and the activation field) as well as the statistical field and consequent switching time distributions due to disorder at a mesoscopic scale can be directly determined from a set of experiments measuring the time dependence of the total polarization switching, when applying electric fields of different magnitudes. PZT 1Nb2Sr ceramics with Zr/Ti ratios 51.5/48.5, 52.25/47.75, and 60/40 with four different grain sizes each were analyzed following this approach. Pronounced differences of field and switching time distributions were found depending on the Zr/Ti ratios. Varying grain size also affects polarization reversal parameters, but in another way. The field distributions remain almost constant with grain size whereas switching times and activation field tend to decrease with increasing grain size. The quantitative changes of the latter parameters with grain size are very different depending on composition. The origin of the effects on the field and switching time distributions are related to differences in structural and microstructural characteristics of the materials and are discussed with respect to the hysteresis loops observed under bipolar electrical cycling.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2014 |
| Creators: | Zhukov, Sergey and Kungl, Hans and Genenko, Yuri A. and von Seggern, Heinz |
| Title: | Statistical electric field and switching time distributions in PZT 1Nb2Sr ceramics: Crystal- and microstructure effects |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Dispersive polarization response of ferroelectric PZT ceramics is analyzed assuming the inhomogeneous field mechanism of polarization switching. In terms of this model, the local polarization switching proceeds according to the Kolmogorov-Avrami-Ishibashi scenario with the switching time determined by the local electric field. As a result, the total polarization reversal is dominated by the statistical distribution of the local field magnitudes. Microscopic parameters of this model (the high-field switching time and the activation field) as well as the statistical field and consequent switching time distributions due to disorder at a mesoscopic scale can be directly determined from a set of experiments measuring the time dependence of the total polarization switching, when applying electric fields of different magnitudes. PZT 1Nb2Sr ceramics with Zr/Ti ratios 51.5/48.5, 52.25/47.75, and 60/40 with four different grain sizes each were analyzed following this approach. Pronounced differences of field and switching time distributions were found depending on the Zr/Ti ratios. Varying grain size also affects polarization reversal parameters, but in another way. The field distributions remain almost constant with grain size whereas switching times and activation field tend to decrease with increasing grain size. The quantitative changes of the latter parameters with grain size are very different depending on composition. The origin of the effects on the field and switching time distributions are related to differences in structural and microstructural characteristics of the materials and are discussed with respect to the hysteresis loops observed under bipolar electrical cycling. |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume: | 115 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Polarization; Lead zirconate titanate; Ceramics; Electric fields; Materials properties; Coercive force; Ferroelectric thin films; Sintering Dielectric thin films Statistical properties |
| Divisions: | 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science > Electronic Materials 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science > Materials Modelling DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 595: Electrical fatigue > B - Characterisation > Subproject B7: Polarisation and charging in electrical fatigue ferroelectrics DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 595: Electrical fatigue > C - Modelling > Subproject C5: Phenomenological modelling of injection, transport and recombination in organic semiconducting devices as well as in inorganic ferroelectric materials DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 595: Electrical fatigue > T - Transfer projects > Subproject T2: Influence of PbO stoichiometry on series production of PZT and multilayer actuators 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 595: Electrical fatigue > B - Characterisation DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 595: Electrical fatigue > C - Modelling DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 595: Electrical fatigue > T - Transfer projects DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 595: Electrical fatigue 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences Zentrale Einrichtungen DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2014 09:20 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4860335 |
| Additional Information: | SFB 595 Cooperation B7, C5, T2 |
| Identification Number: | doi:10.1063/1.4860335 |
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