Polymorphic phase boundaries and enhanced piezoelectric response in extended composition range in the lead free ferroelectric BaTi1−xZrxO3

2013 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 014102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Kumar Kalyani ◽  
Anatoliy Senyshyn ◽  
Rajeev Ranjan
2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 4440-4448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Lv ◽  
Jiagang Wu ◽  
Dingquan Xiao ◽  
Hong Tao ◽  
Yuan Yuan ◽  
...  

In this work, the KNNST-BNKZ-xyz ceramics were obtained, and the composition dependence of their phase structures and electrical properties was discussed.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Ku Lee ◽  
Byung-Hoon Kim ◽  
Gyoung-Ja Lee

Abstract The piezoelectric voltage constant (g33) is a material parameter critical to piezoelectric voltage-type sensors for detecting vibrations or strains. Here, we report a lead-free (K,Na)NbO3 (KNN)-based piezoelectric accelerometer with voltage sensitivity enhanced by taking advantage of a high g33. To achieve a high g33, the magnitudes of piezoelectric charge constant d33 and dielectric permittivity er of KNN were best coupled by manipulating the intrinsic polymorphic phase boundaries effectively with the help of Bi-based perovskite oxide additives. For the KNN composition that derives benefit from the combination of er and d33, the value of g33 was found to be 46.9 ´ 10-3 V·m/N, which is significantly higher than those (20 - 30 ´ 10−3 V·m/N) found in well-known polycrystalline lead-based ceramics including commercial Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT). Finally, the accelerometer sensor prototype built using the modified KNN composition demonstrated higher voltage sensitivity (183 mV/g) when measuring vibrations, showing a 29% increase against the PZT-based sensor (142 mV/g).


2010 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 79-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAOJIN CHU ◽  
WENYI ZHU ◽  
NAN LI ◽  
L. ERIC CROSS

Flexoelectricity describes the physical phenomenon of the generation of electric polarization from mechanical strain gradient in solid insulators. In common dielectric materials, the flexoelectric coefficient is trivially small ~10-10 C/m. In Ba(Sr,Ti)O 3 (BST) ceramics, flexoelectric coefficient up to 10-4 C/m was observed. Such high coefficient makes it possible to design high piezoelectric response flexoelectric composites. In this letter, we will demonstrate that the newly designed flexoelectric composites could have piezoelectric properties better than conventional piezoelectric materials.


2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 112901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Tian ◽  
Xiaolian Chao ◽  
Li Jin ◽  
Lingling Wei ◽  
Pengfei Liang ◽  
...  

Ceramics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 460-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astri Bjørnetun Haugen

K0.5Na0.5NbO3-based ceramics, a promising group of lead-free piezoelectrics, are challenging to sinter dense while avoiding alkali evaporation. This work explores hybrid atmosphere processing, a new approach where reducing atmospheres is used during heating to avoid coarsening from alkali carbonates and hydroxides, and oxidizing atmospheres is used during sintering to avoid alkali evaporation. Discs of Li0.06(K0.52Na0.48)0.94Nb0.71Ta0.29O3 with 0.25 mol% Mn (KNNLTM) were sintered in air, N2, 9% H2 in N2, or 9% H2 in N2 during heating and air during sintering (hybrid atmosphere processing). The highest density was obtained by sintering in 9% H2 in N2, but resulted in high alkali loss and decomposition of the surface, followed by low piezoelectric response. However, with the hybrid H2/air processing it was possible to both avoid surface decomposition and leakage currently associated with alkali evaporation during sintering in H2, and to obtain a denser, more phase-pure and small-grained KNNLTM ceramic with a higher piezoelectric response than obtained by sintering in air or N2.


2012 ◽  
Vol 531-532 ◽  
pp. 632-635
Author(s):  
Min Hong Jiang ◽  
Xin Yu Liu ◽  
Guo Hua Chen ◽  
Jia Feng Ma ◽  
Gui Sheng Zhu ◽  
...  

(0.996-x) K0.5Na0.5NbO3- 0.004 BiFeO3- x LiSbO3 (x =0.00, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.07) lead-free piezoelectric ceramics were prepared by the conventional mixed oxide method. The compositional dependence of the phase structure and the electrical properties of the ceramics were studied. A morphotropic phase boundary between the orthorhombic and tetragonal phases was identified in the composition range of 0.03 < x < 0.06. With the content of LS increases, the size of the pores significantly decreases. However, adding larger amount of LS makes the pore size increase slightly. The (0.996-x)KNN-0.004 BF-xLS(x=0.05) ceramics possess good electrical properties: d33 = 280 pC/N, kp = 53.3%, Tc = 345 °C, εr = 1613, Tan δ =2.07%. These results show that the ceramic is a promising lead-free piezoelectric material.


2017 ◽  
Vol 751 ◽  
pp. 384-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puripat Kantha ◽  
Phathaitep Raksa ◽  
Muangjai Unruan ◽  
Tawee Tunkasiri ◽  
Panupong Jaiban ◽  
...  

The fabrication of lead-free (1-x)Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 - xKNbO3 or (1-x)BNT-xKN ceramics where x = 0.00, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15 was carried out by the modified two-step mixed oxide method. The effects of KNbO3 on structure, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties were systematically investigated. XRD results revealed that the (1-x)BNT-xKN ceramics with low KN content of x less than 0.05 contained ferroelectric phase with a rhombohedral symmetry while the ceramics with x = 0.05 possessed pseudocubic structure. The higher KN content (x ≥ 0.10) ceramics had symmetries rhombohedral structure. At room temperature, the highest Pr and low Ec were obtained when the composition of x = 0.05. Moreover, the results showed the moderate KN addition could enhance the piezoelectric response. The d33 of 0.95BNT-0.05KN reached as high as 125 pC/N.


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