Performance of PZT stacks under high-field electric cycling at various temperatures in heavy-duty diesel engine fuel injectors

Hong Wang; Sung-Min Lee; Hua-Tay Lin; Randy Stafford

doi:10.1117/12.2219414

1 April 2016 Performance of PZT stacks under high-field electric cycling at various temperatures in heavy-duty diesel engine fuel injectors

Hong Wang, Sung-Min Lee, Hua-Tay Lin, Randy Stafford

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Proceedings Volume 9806, Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems 2016; 98060Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219414
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

Testing and characterization of large prototype lead zirconate titanate (PZT) stacks present substantial technical challenges to electronic systems. The work in this study shows that an alternative approach can be pursued by using subunits extracted from prototype stacks. Piezoelectric and dielectric integrity was maintained even though the PZT plate specimens experienced an additional loading process involved with the extraction after factory poling. Extracted 10-layer plate specimens were studied by an electric cycle test under an electric field of 3.0/0.0 kV/mm, 100 Hz to 10⁸ cycles, both at room temperature (22°C) and at 50°C. The elevated temperature had a defined impact on the fatigue of PZT stacks. About 48 and 28% reductions were observed in the piezoelectric and dielectric coefficients, respectively, after 10⁸ cycles at 50°C, compared with reductions of 25 and 15% in the respective coefficients at 22°C. At the same time, the loss tangent varied to a limited extent. The evolution of PZT–electrode interfacial layers or nearby dielectric layers should account for the difference in the fatigue rates of piezoelectric and dielectric coefficients. But the basic contribution to observed fatigue may result from the buildup of a bias field that finally suppressed the motion of the domain walls. Finally, monitoring of dielectric coefficients can be an effective tool for on-line lifetime prediction of PZT stacks in service if a failure criterion is defined properly.

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Hong Wang, Sung-Min Lee, Hua-Tay Lin, and Randy Stafford "Performance of PZT stacks under high-field electric cycling at various temperatures in heavy-duty diesel engine fuel injectors", Proc. SPIE 9806, Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems 2016, 98060Q (1 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219414

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Ferroelectric materials

Dielectrics

Actuators

Temperature metrology

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