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New lead-free piezoelectric ceramics based on (K0.48Na 0.52)(Nb0.95Ta0.05)O3-Bi 0.5(Na0.7K0.2Li0.1) 0.5ZrO3

  • Xiaojing Cheng
  • , Jiagang Wu
  • , Xiaopeng Wang
  • , Binyu Zhang
  • , Jianguo Zhu
  • , Dingquan Xiao
  • , Xiangjian Wang
  • , Xiaojie Lou
  • Sichuan University
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

(1 - x)(K0.48Na0.52)(Nb0.95Ta 0.05)O3-xBi0.5(Na0.7K 0.2Li0.1)0.5ZrO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics with a new type of phase boundary have been designed and fabricated. This phase boundary lies in the compositional range of 0.04 ≤ x ≤ 0.05, and is formed by the coexistence of the rhombohedral, orthorhombic, and tetragonal phases. Interestingly, we found that the ferroelectric, dielectric, and piezoelectric properties of the ceramics with compositions near the phase boundary are significantly enhanced. In particular, the ceramic with x = 0.045 shows the best piezoelectric behavior of d33 ∼ 290 pC/N and kp ∼ 0.42 among all the compositions studied in this work, and it also exhibits a good thermal stability at annealing temperatures of ≤270 °C. All these results indicate that such a material system is a good candidate for lead-free piezoelectric applications in the future.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3434-3442
Number of pages9
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume43
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Mar 2014

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