Aging effect evolution during ferroelectric-ferroelectric phase transition: A mechanism study

Aging can significantly modify the dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric performance of ferroelectrics. However, little attention has been paid to the aging effect during ferroelectric-ferroelectric phase transitions that is essentially correlated with real applications. In this letter, the a...

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Main Authors: Zuyong Feng, Zhenxiang Cheng, Dongqi Shi, Shixue Dou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2013-06-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4811168
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Summary:Aging can significantly modify the dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric performance of ferroelectrics. However, little attention has been paid to the aging effect during ferroelectric-ferroelectric phase transitions that is essentially correlated with real applications. In this letter, the authors report the aging effect evolution between two ferroelectric phases in an acceptor-doped piezoceramics. The results show that aging-induced double hysteresis loops were exhibited in different ferroelectric phases, but disappeared during ferroelectric-ferroelectric phase transitions, suggesting the mechanism that the intrinsic restoring force for the reversible switching of domains caused by the alignment of defect dipoles was weakened due to ferroelectric dipole reorientation.
ISSN:2158-3226