The effects of Bi(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3 on piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of K0.5Na 0.5NbO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

  • Jingbo Zhao
  • , Hongliang Du
  • , Shaobo Qu
  • , Jiafu Wang
  • , Hongmei Zhang
  • , Yiming Yang
  • , Zhuo Xu

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Abstract

To improve the temperature stability of piezoelectric properties of Na 0.5K0.5NbO3 (KNN)-based ceramics, Bi(Mg 2/3Nb1/3)O3 (BMN) was used to modify Na 0.5K0.5NbO3 (KNN)-based ceramics by a conventional sintering technique. Piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of 0.99K0.5Na0.5NbO3-0.01Bi(Mg 2/3Nb1/3)O3 ceramics were studied. It is found that 0.01BMN-0.99KNN ceramics exhibits stable piezoelectric properties as the temperature changes due to the composition fluctuation on B sites (d 33 ≈ 130 pC/N, dielectric loss tg θ ≤ 5% in the range 25-300 °C). These results indicate that these materials are promising lead-free piezoelectric ceramic candidates for practical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3537-3540
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume509
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Feb 2011

Keywords

  • Composition fluctuation
  • Diffusion
  • Lead-free ceramics
  • Piezoelectric
  • Temperature stability

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