Ionic and electronic conductivity in lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT)

Boukamp, Bernard A. and Pham, Mai T.N. and Blank, Dave H.A. and Bouwmeester, Henny J.M. (2004) Ionic and electronic conductivity in lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT). Solid State Ionics, 170 (3-4). pp. 239-254. ISSN 0167-2738

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Abstract:	Accurate impedance measurements on differently sized samples of lead–zirconate–titanate (PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3, PZT) have been analyzed with a CNLS procedure, resulting in the separation of the ionic and electronic conductivities over a temperature range from f150 to 630 jC. At 603 jC the electronic conductivity shows approximately a (PO2)1/4 dependence, while the ionic conductivity remains constant. Below the Curie transition temperature the oxygen non-stoichiometry becomes frozen-in and the conductivities are strongly dependent on the sample history with respect to temperature sequence and ambient PO2. A tentative interpretation assumes defect association, i.e. formation of neutral [VPb"–VO ]x complexes, and electron-hole transfer between lead sites and lead vacancies to control the oxygen ion conductivity in the tetragonal phase. Annealing PZT-based devices at about 600 jC under low oxygen pressure (_1 Pa oxygen) effectively decreases the low temperature electronic conductivity by a factor of 100 and the ionic conductivity by a factor of 10–15 with respect to normal air processing.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2004 Elsevier Science
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Inorganic Materials Science (IMS) Inorganic Membranes (IM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/47731
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2004.03.005
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