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Part A: Materials Science

Bi-fluctuation in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 ferroelectric ceramics with abnormal relaxor behaviour

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Pages 2661-2680 | Received 14 May 2018, Accepted 12 Jun 2019, Published online: 04 Jul 2019
 

ABSTRACT

The existence of Bi-fluctuation dispersing in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (NBT) relaxor ferroelectric is hinted in other recent studies. However, this fluctuation has not been directly observed yet. We introduce the Bi-rich nano-regions with different sizes in a series of NBT ceramics by the slight excess of Bi3+ content. The crystal symmetries of the Bi-rich nano-regions and the NBT matrix are rhombohedral. The lattice parameters of the nano-regions are larger than those of the matrix in NBT ceramics, which were confirmed by the X-ray diffraction Rietveld refinement, TEM techniques and first-principles calculation. Also, the disorder-induced nano-regions appearing as Bi-fluctuation are associated with the complex phase transitions and the high-frequency relaxor behaviour of NBT suggested by the dielectric measurements and Raman spectra.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research has been funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant Nos. 51472063, 51772065 and 51621091).

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