Transport and Electromechanical Properties of Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 Piezoelectric Crystals at Extreme Temperatures

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January 13, 2019

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Yuriy Suhak, Ward L. Johnson, Andrei Sotnikov, Hagen Schmidt, Holger Fritze

Abstract

Transport mechanisms in structurally ordered piezoelectric Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 (CTGS) single crystals are studied in the temperature range of 1000-1300 °C by application of the isotope oxygen-18 as a tracer and subsequent analysis of oxygen-18 diffusion profiles using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Determined oxygen self-diffusion coefficients enable calculation of oxygen ion contribution to the total conductivity, which is shown to be small. Since very low contributions of the cations have to be expected, the total conductivity must be dominated by electron transport. Further, ion and electron conductivities are governed by different mechanisms with activation energies (1.9+/-0.1) eV and (1.2+/-0.07) eV, respectively. Further, the electromechanical losses are studied as a function of temperature by means of impedance spectroscopy on samples with electrodes and a contactless tone-burst excitation technique. At temperatures above 650 °C the conductivity-related losses are dominant. Finally, the operation of CTGS resonators is demonstrated at cryogenic temperatures and materials piezoelectric strain constants are determined from 4.2 K to room temperature.

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MRS Advances

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piezoelectric crystals, transport properties, electromechanical properties, ionic diffusion, electrical conductivity, piezoelectric constants, acoustic loss, anelasticity, high temperatures, cryogenic temperatures

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Suhak, Y. , Johnson, W. , Sotnikov, A. , Schmidt, H. and Fritze, H. (2019), Transport and Electromechanical Properties of Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 Piezoelectric Crystals at Extreme Temperatures, MRS Advances, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=927145 (Accessed October 14, 2025)