In this study, in order to develop relaxor ferroelectric ceramics for refrigeration device application with large electrocaloric effect and low sintering temperature, PLZT(8/65/35) ceramics was fabricated using conventional solid-state method with the variation of sintering temperature (1,050℃, 1,100℃, 1,200℃). The XRD pattern of all specimens indicated general perovskite structure with secondary phase. From the results of temperature dependence of dielectric constant, the TC (ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition temperature) was shifted toward high temperature with increasing sintering temperature. When the specimen was sintered at 1,100℃, the optimal value of .T ∼0.349℃ in ambient temperature of 215℃ was appeared. It is considered that PLZT(8/65/35) ceramics possess the possibility of refrigeration device application.
