Improvement in the piezoelectric temperature stability of (K 0.5Na 0.5)NbO 3 ceramics

  • Jing Bo Zhao
  • , Hong Liang Du
  • , Shao Bo Qu
  • , Hong Mei Zhang
  • , Zhuo Xu

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Abstract

Through an analysis of the temperature stability of (K 0.5Na 0.5) NbO 3 (KNN) based ceramics and KNN solid solutions, we propose a method to enhance the temperature stability of KNN materials. These materials are valuable for their piezoelectric properties. To verify the feasibility of this method, 0.9 (K 1-xNa x) NbO 3-0.06LiNbO 3-0.04CaTiO 3(KNLN-CaTiO 3) ceramics were designed, and their structure and properties were studied. The results show that KNLN-CaTiO 3(x = 0.54) ceramics have a good temperature stability over a wide temperature range (25-320°C). Also, they have good piezoelectric properties (d 33=152 pC/N in x=0.54). This result confirms the feasibility of our proposed solution for improving the piezoelectric properties of KNN-based ceramics that have poor temperature stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2389-2393
Number of pages5
JournalChinese Science Bulletin
Volume56
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • (K Na )NbO
  • morphotropic phase boundary
  • piezoelectric
  • temperature stability

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