Abstract
Structural and piezoelectric properties of Pb(Zr 0.54Ti 0.46)O 3+0.2wt% Cr 2O 3+1.0wt% Nb 2O 5 (PZT-CN) thick films were investigated for potential use in energy harvesting device applications. The PZT-CN thick films, fabricated by a conventional tape casting process, were successfully synthesized at a sintering temperature of 1100°C. The sintered film exhibited excellent piezoelectric properties of d 33=365pC/N, γ 33 T/γ0=1069, and k p=0.52. Its d 33·g 33, which can characterize this material as a energy density material for energy harvesting device applications, was excellent, being as large as approximately 14,072×10 -15m 2/N. It was also demonstrated that a unimorph cantilever using the PZT-CN film could generate a significant power of 17.3mW (2083μW/cm 3) for high performance energy harvesters.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 305-311 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the European Ceramic Society |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Feb |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2012R1A1A2006364 ) and some authors also acknowledge that this work was financially supported by the New & Renewable Energy Technology Development Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea Government Ministry of Knowledge Economy (No. 2010T100101097 ).
Keywords
- Energy harvesting
- Films
- PZT
- Piezoelectric properties
- Tape casting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- Materials Chemistry