Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Effects of Manganese Addition on Piezoelectric Properties of 0.2PZN-0.8PZT Ceramics

HOU Yu-Dong; YANG Zu-Pei; GAO Feng; QU Shao-Bo; TIAN Chang-Sheng   

  1. Department of Material Science and Engineering; Northwestern Polytechnical University; Xi an 710072; China
  • Received:2002-04-01 Revised:2002-05-23 Published:2003-05-20 Online:2003-05-20

Abstract: The effects of manganese addition on the microstructure and piezoelectric properties of 0.2PZN-0.8PZT(PZNT) ceramics were investigated. The results reveal that the lattice
structures of the piezoelectric materials are transformed from the tetragonal phase to the rhombohedral, the grain sizes are enhanced and their Curie temperatures
are lowered with the increasing of manganese. On the other hand, the piezoelectric materials become more hard, ε33T0 and tanδ
decreasing but Qm improving with the additions of manganese. Moreover, the high densification assures Kp out of decreasing.

Key words: manganese doping, PZN-PZT, piezoelectric properties

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