Stability enhancement of yttrium substituted nickel zinc ferrite/PZT magnetoelectric gyrators under high power conditions

摘要

The influence of yttrium (Y) ion substitution on the magneto-mechanical properties of nickel-zinc ferrite (Ni(0.7)Zn(0.3)YxFe(2-x)O(4)) or NZFO-Y and the power efficiency (eta) of magnetoelectric (ME) gyrators consisting of NZFO-Y/Pb(Zr, Ti)O-3 layers were studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) of poly-crystalline samples of NZFO-Y indicated that yttrium incorporated into the crystal lattice resulted in an enlargement of the lattice parameter. Also, the density and ionic hopping length were increased, and the porosity was decreased. Together, these resulted in significant changes in the magneto-mechanical coupling (k(33,m)) and mechanical quality (Q(m)) factors. It was found that k(33,m) decreased with the increasing Y content for 0 = x = 0.08, whereas Q(m) was increased. For x 0.05, the values of k(33,m) and Q(m) were found to be nearly stable with increasing input power density (PD-Ms) up to 47W/in(3). Under this high power driving condition for 20 min, we found that the power conversion stability of ME gyrators was increased with the increasing Y content in the ferrite and that a maximum power conversion efficiency occurred near 77%. These findings offer the potential for ferrite-based ME gyrator applications in power electronic conversion devices. Published by AIP Publishing.