La_2Ti_6O_(15)-CeTi_(21)O_(38)-PbTiO_3 ceramics formed in gaseous penetration of La-Ce into PbTiO_3 and their electric properties

PbTiO3 ceramics, which are typical ferroelectric materials, are useful in various applied fields. For example, it has a very good candidacy for piezoelectric materials for high temperature and high sensibility. In recent years, the studies on doped PbTiO3 ceramics have received consid-erable attention1—3]. The modified PbTiO3 ceramics doped with Ca2+, Sm3+, Y3+, Ce4+ etc. have some better properties: their Curies temperature decreases, their tetragonal distortion degree de-grades and th…

La2Ti6O15-CeTi21O38-PbTiO3 ceramics formed in gaseous penetration of La-Ce into PbTiO3 and their electric properties

The gaseous penetration of La-Ce into PbTiO3 ceramics is reported. The compounds of La2Ti6O15 and CeTi21O38 are formed and the new La2Ti6O15-CeTi21O38-PbTiO3 ceramics are pre-pared by the penetration of La and Ce in the gaseous state. The new ceramic materials have a significant change in electric properties. The room temperature resistivity decreases from 2.0?010 to 0.248 W m, and the grain resistance exhibits an obvious PTCR effect with the change of tem-perature. However, the grain boundary resistance decreases rapidly with increase in temperature. The change rule of the total resistance is similar to that of the grain boundary, and the PTCR effect disappears and the tendency of transition to a conductive body is manifest. The XPS analysis suggests that the particles that are Pb, Ti, La and Ce in La2Ti6O15-CeTi21O38-PbTiO3 ceramics all change their valence and lead to decreasing resistivity, and the bound energy peak values of ele-ments in La2Ti6O15-CeTi21O38-PbTiO3 ceramics are also reported. The La2Ti6O15-CeTi21O38-PbTiO3 ceramics have a better thermal stability in high temperatures through TG-DTA analysis.