Issue 11, 2020

Mesoscale origin of dielectric relaxation with superior electrostrictive strain in bismuth ferrite-based ceramics

Abstract

Electrostrictive materials fabricated with relaxor ferroelectrics have attracted much attention because of their excellent features (e.g., high precision displacement). In this study, we realized the dielectric relaxation behavior of bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3, BFO)-based ferroelectrics by designing polar nanostructures. Accompanied by the strengthened random field and the degenerated octahedral distortion, the grain inhomogeneity featuring the coexistence of strong piezo-response polar cluster grains and weak piezo-response polar entity grains contribute to the relaxation behavior. Finally, such a dielectric relaxation behavior results in a large electrostrictive strain (S = 0.18%–0.27% @ T = 20–100 °C) together with the composition/electric field/temperature independence of Q33. We believe that our research provides a new paradigm to study the dielectric relaxation behavior and optimize electrostrictive properties of perovskite materials.

Graphical abstract: Mesoscale origin of dielectric relaxation with superior electrostrictive strain in bismuth ferrite-based ceramics

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Aug 2020
Accepted
01 Sep 2020
First published
01 Sep 2020

Mater. Horiz., 2020,7, 3011-3020

Mesoscale origin of dielectric relaxation with superior electrostrictive strain in bismuth ferrite-based ceramics

T. Zheng and J. Wu, Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7, 3011 DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01296C

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