Affiliation:
1. Hunan Institute of Science and Technology
Abstract
The electrical properties of Pr2O3-doped bismuth titanate,Bi4-xPrxTi3O12 (BPT) ceramics prepared by a conventional electroceramic technique were investigated. XRD analyses revealed Bi-layered perovskite structure in all ceramics. SEM micrographs showed randomly oriented and plate-like morphology. For the ceramics with x=0.25 and 1.0 P-E hysteresis loops were characterized by large leakage current, whereas for the ceramics with x=0.5 and 0.75 P-E hysteresis loops were the saturated and undistorted hysteresis loops. The remanent polarization ( Pr ) and coercive field (Ec) of the BPT ceramic with x=0.75 were above 18μC/cm2 and 65KV/cm , respectively.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science