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Effect of Al2O3 Transition Layer Thickness on the Microstructure and Ferroelectric Properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate

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In order to avoid the deterioration of the electrical properties of the lead zirconate titanate (PZT) coating due to the poor bonding performance between the PZT coating and the metal substrate, an Al2O3 layer is introduced as a transition layer between the PZT coating and the metal substrate. It is found that the failure of the PZT/Al2O3 structure depends on the size of the transition layer. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) results show that as the transition layer thickness increases beyond 90 μm, cracks appear in the coating, and the crack direction is perpendicular to the PZT/Al2O3 interface. With the increase in thickness, in addition to the cracks perpendicular to the PZT/Al2O3 interface, cracks parallel to the interface also appeared in the coating. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results show that the PZT coating samples have a typical perovskite structure, and their crystallinity is negatively correlated with Al2O3 thickness. With the increase of the transition layer thickness, the electrical properties of PZT/Al2O3 gradually decrease. Piezoelectric force microscope (PFM) results show that the amplitude response decreases with increasing Al2O3 thickness. When the Al2O3 thickness is 110 μm, the energy loss during the polarization process is the most significant. The residual stress results show that different sizes of Al2O3 transition layers provide different initial stress conditions for the PZT/Al2O3 structure. The initial compressive residual stress increases with increasing Al2O3 layer thickness. It changes the stress distribution at the interface and provides a driving force for crack growth, and the structural integrity of the PZT coating is damaged. The phase results show that the domain size of the PZT coating increases with the increase of the Al2O3 layer size, which may be due to the peeling between PZT and Al2O3, which makes the PZT layer not completely constrained by the matrix, and the domain size of the PZT coating increases.

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The author thanks for the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. And the author also thanks Microscopic Technology & Analysis Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences in SEM measurements.

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The paper was financially supported by the General program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52130509) and Key basic research project of the Foundation Strengthening Plan (Grant No. 2019-JCJQ-JJ-034, 2019-JCJQ-ZD-302); And the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [HEUCF].

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Mi, Q., Guo, W., Huang, Y. et al. Effect of Al2O3 Transition Layer Thickness on the Microstructure and Ferroelectric Properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate. J Therm Spray Tech 32, 1667–1677 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-023-01578-2

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