Two Consecutive Negative Electrocaloric Peaks in -Oriented PMN-30PT Single Crystals

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Abstract
The versatile electrocaloric (EC) behaviors of the (1-x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPT (PMN-100xPT) single crystal are closely related to the multiple phase transitions under the multiple fields of electric field and temperature. In this work, the EC effect of -oriented PMN-30PT single crystals with chemical composition at morphotropic phase boundary has been studied during the phase transformation process from the ferroelectric rhombohedral (R) phase to the tetragonal (T) phase. Two consecutive negative EC peaks have been achieved for the first time. Based on the projection of the EC effect in the electric field-temperature phase diagram, the relationship between the EC behaviors and the phase transitions is further established. It was found that the monoclinic (M) phase actually existed during the transformation from the R phase to the T phase, and the related R-M phase transition and M-T phase transition could both induce negative EC peaks. Under the electric field of E = 10 kV/cm, the first negative EC peaks induced by the R-M phase transition is at 57 °C with ΔTmax = −0.11 K. And the M-T phase transition can produce a higher negative EC peak, and its value can reach −0.22 K at 68 °C. Based on thermodynamic calculations, the relationship between the entropy change in different phase transitions and the EC behaviors has been further elucidated. The negative EC effect originates from the structural entropy increase in the electric field-induced phase transition process. This work not only advances the research on the electrical properties of relaxor ferroelectric single crystals but also provides a new insight into high-performance ferroelectric materials design.
Funding Information
  • Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2022QE078, 2023PX012, 2023RCKY120, EFMD2022013M)
  • Basic Research Project of Qilu University of Technology (ZR2022QE078, 2023PX012, 2023RCKY120, EFMD2022013M)
  • Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Electronic Functional Materials and Devices (ZR2022QE078, 2023PX012, 2023RCKY120, EFMD2022013M)
  • Department of Education of Shandong Province (ZR2022QE078, 2023PX012, 2023RCKY120, EFMD2022013M)

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