Recent investigations have shown that highly oxygen defective cerium oxides generate non-classical electrostriction that is superior to lead-based ferroelectrics. In this work, we report the effect of field-assisted spark plasma sintering (SPS) on electro-chemo-mechanical properties of calcium doped ceria (CDC). Nanometric powders of Ca.10 nm are rapidly consolidated to form polycrystalline nanostructures with a high degree of crystalline disorder. Remarkably, the resultant material demonstrates a large electromechanical strain without a frequency-related relaxation effect. We conclude that electromechanical activity in CDC materials strictly depends on the Ca2+- interaction, while disorder at the crystalline boundaries has a minor effect.
Authors
- Ahsanul Kabir,
- Haiwu Zhang,
- Sofie Colding-Jørgensen,
- Simone Santucci,
- dr hab. inż. Sebastian Molin link open in new tab ,
- Vincenzo Esposito
Additional information
- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.06.003
- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuły w czasopismach
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2020
