The influence of the Zr/Ti content of the PZT ceramics obtained by sol-gel method on the electric conductivity

A. Zarycka; R. Zachariasz; M. Czerwiec; J. Ilczuk; J. Rymarczyk

doi:doi:10.1051/jp4:2006137040

Numéro		J. Phys. IV France Volume 137, November 2006


Page(s)		193 - 196
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006137040
Publié en ligne		23 décembre 2006

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J. Phys. IV France 137 (2006) 193-196
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006137040

The influence of the Zr/Ti content of the PZT ceramics obtained by sol-gel method on the electric conductivity

A. Zarycka, R. Zachariasz, M. Czerwiec, J. Ilczuk and J. Rymarczyk

Department of Material Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Material Science, University of Silesia, 3 $\dot{Z}$eromskiego St., 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
e-mail: azarycka@us.edu.pl; rzachari@us.edu.pl

(Published online 23 December 2006)

Abstract
In this work, the results of investigations of the PZT ceramics, received on the base of two - component solid solutions Pb(Zr $_{\rm x}$ Ti $_{1 -{\rm x}})$ O₃ are presented. The samples were obtained by conventional ceramic sintering method with nanopowders received in the sol-gel method. The temperature dependencies of the electric conductivity $\sigma {\rm g}$ or all samples, with different content Zr/Ti ( $0.35 \le x \le 0.65$ ), in the range temperatures of $300 \div 750$ K, were performed. On the base of the ln $\sigma$ T = f(1/T) dependencies, the activation energy E_a was calculated. The determined values of the E_a were limited in the range $0.53 \div 0.71$ eV for ferroelectric phase as well as $0.75 \div 0.80$ eV for paraelectric phase.