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Author(s): Jayanta Kumar Mishra, Khusboo Agrawal and Banarji Behera*

DOI: 10.2174/1876402913666210929125515

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Structural and Impedance Analysis of 0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.3PbTiO3 Ceramic

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Abstract

Background: Since (1-x)[Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3]-(x)PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) ceramic has a high dielectric constant and piezoelectric coefficient, it has been widely investigated for profound applications in electro-optical devices, sensors, multilayer capacitors and actuators.

Objectives: The objective of this paper is to study the structural and electrical properties of 0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.3PbTiO3 (0.7PMN-0.3PT) ceramic to understand the biphasic structural nature using Rietveld Refinement. Also, it characterises the type of conduction process as well as the role of grain and grain boundary resistance in the material on the basis of electrical properties such as impedance and modulus to understand the relaxation process.

Methods: 0.7PMN-0.3PT is synthesised by mixed oxide method using PbO, MgO, Nb2O5 and TiO2 as precursor materials.

Results: The XRD data reveals the biphasic structure of the tetragonal phase with the space group of P4mm and the monoclinic phase with the space group of Pm. The complex impedance analysis clearly represents the effect of grain on the overall resistance and departs from normal Debye-type behaviour. Also, the resistance is found to decrease with temperature, thereby confirming the semiconducting nature of the sample. The presence of long as well as short-range mobility of charge carriers is confirmed from the modulus and impedance analysis. The influence of long-range motion is observed at high temperatures and of short-range motion at low temperatures.

Conclusion: XRD analysis confirmed the biphasic structure of the M+T phase. The frequencydependent modulus and impedance spectroscopy show the presence of a relaxation effect in the ceramic which is found to increase with temperature. The Nyquist plot shows that the resistance is decreased with temperature, thereby confirming the NTCR behaviour in the studied sample.

Keywords: PMN-PT, XRD, biphasic, complex impedance, modulus, rietveld.

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