The article presents the results of a study of the photoelectric response of cobalt-containing ferroelectric ceramics (1-x)Ва0.95Pb0.05TiO3+xCo2O3, synthesized at the Institute of Solid State Physics of the University of Latvia using conventional ceramic technology. Ceramics was exposed to optical radiation at room temperature. Before applying light radiation to the cellular electrode of the ceramic sample located in the measuring cell, zero current was recorded for 0.5 minutes in the absence of illumination using a high sensitivity digital electrometer. Then, the photoresponse was recorded during the time until its value remained constant (since the anomalous photovoltaic effect manifests itself in the form of constant currents flowing along the polar directions) and only then the light flux was turned off. A significant effect of the concentration of cobalt oxide on the value of the photovoltaic current is shown, which manifests itself in a decrease in the value of the stationary current with an increase in the content of the impurity of cobalt oxide. It is assumed that a possible reason for the decrease in the stationary current is deep charge traps, which is due to an increase in the cobalt concentration in the ceramic. The influence of the incident radiation wavelength, as well as the aging factor on the photoelectric response for ceramics with the highest concentration of cobalt oxide, is established.
Keywords: mobile robots, polarization, depolarization, ferroelectrics, polarization current, remanent polarization, dielectric losses, electrical load, domain structure, electrical breakdown, mechanical failure
The results of the analysis of leakage currents as a function of time in samples of polycrystalline ferroelectric ceramics solid solutions of lead titanate-zirconate with sodium and bismuth impurities under the condition of applying a constant electric field are presented. We considered batches of samples that were stored in different conditions, which led to the formation of two batches - standard and defective. The samples of the standard and defective batches differed in values of the dielectric loss tangent by several times, while other electrophysical parameters practically did not differ. To measure the patterns of current fluctuations with time in the sample, a modernized Mertz scheme was used. The electric field was changed stepwise on the sample. Current fluctuations at a constant voltage across the sample were measured during the establishment of a constant leakage current and were considered as a time series, allowing only a statistical description. Changes in the form of the dependence of the leakage current on time are determined with an increase in the electric field strength on samples with different values of the loss tangent. The exponential decline is accompanied by random jumps in the magnitude of the leakage current. It is assumed that at a higher voltage, the state of the domain regions stabilizes, resulting in current leakage under a depolarizing field, since the domain system retains its more rigid configuration.
Keywords: mobile robots, polarization, depolarization, ferroelectrics, polarization current, remanent polarization, dielectric losses, electrical load, domain structure, electrical breakdown, mechanical failure