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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3537-3540 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
| Volume | 509 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - 24 Feb 2011 |
Keywords
- Composition fluctuation
- Diffusion
- Lead-free ceramics
- Piezoelectric
- Temperature stability