Journal of Advanced Dielectrics, Volume. 11, Issue 1, 2150006(2021)
Critical temperature below the Curie temperature of ferroelectric ceramics PZT
D. V. Kuzenko*
The article presents the results of research the pre-transitional features of the behavior of solid solutions based on lead zirconate-titanate. The presence of a “special” critical temperature on the temperature dependences of the permittivity and the remanent polarization , preceding the temperature of the paraelectric phase transition at the Curie temperature , is noted. In the temperature range < , the dependence obeys a power law. In the temperature range <<, this law is not fulfilled. The results of X-ray experiments make it possible to associate this behavior with reversible disordering at < of an ordered domain structure formed during the polarization of piezoelectric ceramics and with its irreversible disordering in the temperature range <<. This is due to the appearance of internal mechanical stresses in a polycrystalline ferroelectric due to irreversible depolarization of the samples at temperatures <<.The article presents the results of research the pre-transitional features of the behavior of solid solutions based on lead zirconate-titanate. The presence of a “special” critical temperature on the temperature dependences of the permittivity and the remanent polarization , preceding the temperature of the paraelectric phase transition at the Curie temperature , is noted. In the temperature range < , the dependence obeys a power law. In the temperature range <<, this law is not fulfilled. The results of X-ray experiments make it possible to associate this behavior with reversible disordering at < of an ordered domain structure formed during the polarization of piezoelectric ceramics and with its irreversible disordering in the temperature range <<. This is due to the appearance of internal mechanical stresses in a polycrystalline ferroelectric due to irreversible depolarization of the samples at temperatures <<.