Fabrication of high-performance PNN-PZT ceramic using microwave and hot-press hybrid sintering process

Hirofumi Takahashi; Jinhao Qiu; Junji Tani; Kunihiro Nagata; Koji Hirose

doi:10.1117/12.474964

11 July 2002 Fabrication of high-performance PNN-PZT ceramic using microwave and hot-press hybrid sintering process

Hirofumi Takahashi, Jinhao Qiu, Junji Tani, Kunihiro Nagata, Koji Hirose

Proceedings Volume 4699, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Active Materials: Behavior and Mechanics; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474964
Event: SPIE's 9th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2002, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

It has been reported in the author's previous work that the hybrid sintering process, a combination of 28GHz microwave heating and hot-press, yields higher performance in the sintering of PZT ceramics than conventional technologies. The improvement of properties with the hybrid sintering process is due to the increase in the grain size and due to the suppression of Pb evaporation on account of reduction in sintering time. In this study, the hybrid sintering process was applied to the fabrication of PNN-PZT and the influence of the pressure and sintering temperature on the density, electro-mechanical coupling factor and the piezoelectric constants of the sintered specimens were extensively investigated. In the optimized sintering conditions, the maximum achieved value of the piezoelectric constant d₃₁ was about 390 X 10^-12 m/V, which is nearly 26 percent high than 310 X 10^-12 m/V, the value of d₃₁ of the conventionally sintered specimen. It can be concluded that the hybrid sintering process is an effective means to improve the performance of the materials of Pb extraction.

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Hirofumi Takahashi, Jinhao Qiu, Junji Tani, Kunihiro Nagata, and Koji Hirose "Fabrication of high-performance PNN-PZT ceramic using microwave and hot-press hybrid sintering process", Proc. SPIE 4699, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Active Materials: Behavior and Mechanics, (11 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474964

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