Large strain response in acceptor- and donor-doped Bi0.5Na 0.5TiO3-based lead-free ceramics

  • Jiaming Li
  • , Feifei Wang
  • , Chung Ming Leung
  • , Siu Wing Or
  • , Yanxue Tang
  • , Xinman Chen
  • , Tao Wang
  • , Xiaomei Qin
  • , Wangzhou Shi

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Abstract

Effects of Fe and La addition on the dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties of Bi0.5Na0.5TiO 3-Bi0.5Li0.5TiO3-BaTiO 3-Mn ceramics were investigated. Similar to the doping effect in lead-based piezoelectric materials, here the Fe-doped ceramic created a hard effect with an improved mechanical quality factor (Q m) ~ 160, coercive field (E c) ~ 2.9 kV/mm, decreased dielectric constant (ε33{T0)∼ 803, and loss (tanδ) ~ 0.024 while the La-doped one indicated a soft feature with improved piezoelectric constant (d 33) ~ 184 pC/N, ε33T0 ∼ 983, tanδ ~ 0.033, and decreased E c ~ 2.46 kV/mm. In addition, the temperature dependence of the ferroelectric hysteresis loops and strain response under unipolar electric field was also studied. Around the depolarization temperature T d, large strain value was obtained with the normalized d 33* up to ~1,000 pC/N, which was suggested originated from the development of the short-range order or non-polar phases in the ferroelectric matrix. All these would provide a new way to realize high piezoelectric response for practical application in different temperature scale.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5702-5708
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Materials Science
Volume46
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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