Evaluation of Experimental Resume of BaZrxTi1-xO3 with Perspective to Ferroelectric Relaxor Family: An Overview

In this paper we report the mechanism and nature of relaxor ferroelectric behavior in the environmental friendly lead free Barium Zirconate Titanate (BZT) system. A revised complete (Structure:Property) phase diagram of Ba(ZrxTi1-x)O3, with compositions 0.00≤ × ≤1.00 has been developed based on their electrical properties. Two different kinds of relaxor behaviors have been observed in the BZT system; one is dominated by polar Ti-rich regions and another by non-polar Zr-rich regions. All the BZT relaxor compositions are characterized by dielectric properties with and without bias, pyroelectric and thermal expansion measurements in the wide range of temperatures. The structure of the BZT compositions has been evaluated by XRD, Neutron diffraction study. Further the local structure of the BZT compositions has been probed by micro-Raman spectra. Although the global structure of BZT relaxors is cubic as observed in Neutron diffraction studies, the local symmetry is non-cubic as evident in the micro-Raman spectra of BZT relaxors as well as in their thermal strain measurement, dielectric and pyroelectric behavior.

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