Acta Marisiensis.
Seria Technologica

Author(s):
Alina Iulia DUMITRU, National Institute for Research & Development in Electrical Engineering ICPE-CA, Bucharest, Romania, Valahia University from Targoviste, Doctoral School of Materials Engineering, Targoviste, Romania
Dorinel TALPEANU, National Institute for Research & Development in Electrical Engineering ICPE-CA, Bucharest, Romania
Rodica Mariana ION, National Institute for Research and Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry - ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania
Ildiko PETER, „George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania

Abstract:
In this paper B-oxide sintering process and Spark plasma Sintering (SPS) method is used to synthesize 0.88Pb(Zr_0.52Ti_0.48)O₃ – 0.12Pb(Mn_1/3Sb_2/3)O₃ – x at%Pr complex system where x = 0 and 0.02. The sintering temperature used in the SPS technique is considerably lower than that used in the B-oxide method (200 to 400 ^oC) with significant decrease of the duration of the sintering route, arriving to some minutes instead of some hours.
The aim of the study is the investigation of the effect of sintering technique on the dielectric and ferroelectric properties of such piezoelectric materials. The properties of the developed ceramic materials were determined: the development of crystalline phases was investigated by X-ray diffraction technique and the microstructural behavior by scanning electron microscopy was observed. The composition obtained by the SPS technique shows a lower remnant polarization and maximum strain, as well as a higher coercive field, compared to the those obtained using the same composition produced by B-oxide method.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amset-2023-0010

Pages: 1-7

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