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