American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 19(96), p. 192903
DOI: 10.1063/1.3430059
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The piezoelectric activity in [001] poled Pb(In1∕2Nb1∕2)O3–Pb(Mg1∕3Nb2∕3)O3–PbTiO3 crystals was investigated as a function of composition and temperature. The level of intrinsic and∕or extrinsic contribution to the total piezoelectric activity was analyzed using Rayleigh method. The results revealed that though 95% of the observed piezoelectric activity in rhombohedral crystals was intrinsic (lattice), the properties decreased significantly with decreasing temperature. At −150 °C, the piezoelectric response decreased by 40%–55% for the compositions close to a morphotropic phase boundary (rhombohedral-monoclinic or monoclinic-tetragonal), while decreasing only 20%–30% for the compositions in the rhombohedral region. The piezoelectric properties of Pb(Mg1∕3Nb2∕3)O3–PbTiO3 polycrystalline ceramics were found to decrease by 75%, showing both intrinsic and extrinsic contributions play important role in the reduction in piezoelectricity at cryogenic temperatures for ceramics.