弛豫铁电单晶的生长及性能优化研究进展

人工晶体学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (9-10): 1643-1658.

弛豫铁电单晶的生长及性能优化研究进展

刘杨彬, 李谦, 肖若愚, 徐卓, 李飞

西安交通大学,多功能材料与结构教育部重点实验室,西安 710049

收稿日期:2022-08-30 出版日期:2022-10-15 发布日期:2022-11-02
通信作者: 徐卓,博士,教授。E-mail:xuzhuo@xjtu.edu.cn
李飞,博士,教授。E-mail:ful5@xjtu.edu.cn
作者简介:刘杨彬(1991—),男,陕西省人,博士研究生。E-mail:liu252573944@gmail.com。
徐卓,西安交通大学电信学院教授,电子陶瓷与器件教育部重点实验室副主任。1982年毕业于西北大学物理系,现任中国物理学会电介质物理专业委员会委员和中国电工学会工程电介质专业委员会委员,先后从事大学物理和理论物理教学工作和电子材料的研究工作,参加过国家自然科学基金重点项目、负责承担了军工配套项目、国防预研项目和国防预研基金、863重大项目和陕西省自然科学基金项目等10多项科研项目,曾获国家自然科学二等奖、教育部自然科学一等奖等多项学术奖励。
李飞,2006年本科毕业于西安交通大学电子科学与技术系,2012年获得西安交通大学微电子与固体电子学博士学位,并留校任教,现任《人工晶体学报》青年编委。长期从事铁电压电材料与器件研究,在弛豫铁电单晶高压电效应的起源、弛豫铁电单晶与陶瓷材料的高性能化等方面取得了一系列创新性研究成果,曾获国家自然科学二等奖、中国物理学会电介质物理专委会“优秀青年”、IEEE UFFC青年讲席学者、美国陶瓷学会Ross Coffin Purdy奖等学术荣誉。
基金资助:
国家自然科学基金(51922083)

Research Progress on the Growth and Property Optimization of Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystals

LIU Yangbin, LI Qian, XIAO Ruoyu, XU Zhuo, LI Fei

Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

Received:2022-08-30 Online:2022-10-15 Published:2022-11-02

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 钙钛矿型(ABO₃)弛豫铁电单晶具有优异的机电耦合性能,被认为是研制下一代医疗超声换能器、高精度压电驱动器、水声换能器等机电耦合器件的核心关键材料。针对弛豫铁电单晶材料制备与物理性能方面尚存在的基础科学与工艺问题,本文综述了近些年弛豫铁电单晶生长与性能优化方面的研究进展,包括若干新的单晶生长方法用以改善弛豫铁电单晶的成分和性能均匀性,提升弛豫铁电单晶压电性能的系列新方法,通过铁电畴结构调控以获得高透光率的弛豫铁电单晶,以及高性能弛豫铁电单晶在电光技术领域的应用等。

关键词: 弛豫铁电体, 单晶生长, 布里奇曼法, 畴工程, 掺杂, 性能优化, 压电性能

Abstract: Relaxor ferroelectric single crystals with perovskite (ABO₃) structure possess excellent electromechanical coupling properties and are considered as the key materials of next-generation medical ultrasound transducers, high-precision piezoelectric actuators, and underwater acoustic transducers. According to the existing fundamental science and material preparation issues in relaxor ferroelectric crystals, this manuscript reviews the research progresses on the crystal growth and property optimization of relaxor ferroelectric singles in recent years. This review covers the following aspects: new crystal growth methods for enhancing the uniformity of composition and properties; new methods to improve the piezoelectric properties of relaxor ferroelectric single crystals; the control of ferroelectric domain structure to achieve high-light transmittance of relaxor ferroelectric crystals; the application of high-performance relaxor ferroelectric single crystals in the field of electro-optical technology.

Key words: relaxor ferroelectric, single crystal growth, Bridgman method, domain engineering, doping, property optimization, piezoelectric property

中图分类号:

TM22

刘杨彬, 李谦, 肖若愚, 徐卓, 李飞. 弛豫铁电单晶的生长及性能优化研究进展[J]. 人工晶体学报, 2022, 51(9-10): 1643-1658.

LIU Yangbin, LI Qian, XIAO Ruoyu, XU Zhuo, LI Fei. Research Progress on the Growth and Property Optimization of Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystals[J]. JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC CRYSTALS, 2022, 51(9-10): 1643-1658.

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