Abstract
Ternary solid solutions of (1 - x)(0.8Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3- 0.2Bi0.5K0.5TiO3)- xNaNbO3 (BNKT-xNN) lead-free piezoceramics were fabricated using a conventional solid-state reaction method. Pure BNKT composition exhibited an electric-field-induced irreversible structural transition from pseudocubic to ferroelectric rhombohedral phase at room temperature. Accompanied with the ferroelectric-to-relaxor temperature TF-Rshifted down below room temperature as the substitution of NN, a compositionally induced nonergodic-to-ergodic relaxor transition was presented, which featured the pinched-shape polarization and sprout-shape strain hysteresis loops. A strain value of ∼0.445% (under a driving field of 55 kV/cm) with large normalized strain of ∼810 pm/V was obtained for the composition of BNKT-0.04NN, and the large strain was attributed to the reversible electric-field-induced transition between ergodic relaxor and ferroelectric phase.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1150-1155 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of the American Ceramic Society |
Volume | 98 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2015 |