Composition design and electrical properties in (1- y)(K0.40Na0.60)0.985Li0.015(Nb1-xSbx)O3-y Bi0.5Na0.5ZrO3 lead-free ceramics

  • Yuan Yuan
  • , Jiagang Wu
  • , Hong Tao
  • , Xiang Lv
  • , Xiangjian Wang
  • , Xiaojie Lou

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Abstract

To realize the enhancement in piezoelectric activities, the composition-induced phase boundaries in (1-y)(K0.40Na0.60)0.985Li0.015(Nb1-xSbx)O3-yBi0.5Na0.5ZrO3 lead-free ceramics were designed and fabricated by the conventional solid-state method. We presented the evolutions of their phase structure, microstructure, and electrical properties with the change of Sb5+ and Bi0.5Na0.5ZrO3 contents. A rhombohedral-tetragonal phase boundary was successfully built in the composition region of 0.04 ≤ x ≤ 0.09 (y = 0.025) and 0.025 ≤ y ≤ 0.035 (x = 0.06), and then the desirable piezoelectric coefficients and bipolar strains (e.g., d33∼390 pC/N, kp∼0.45, Smax∼0.2%, and TC∼250 °C) were simultaneously induced. We think that this may provide a direction of designing high-performance (K,Na)NbO3-based ceramics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number084103
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume117
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Feb 2015

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