Abstract
The (1−x)(0.8Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3–0.2Bi1/2K1/2TiO3)−xBiMg2/3Nb1/3O3 (100xBMN) ternary solid solutions were designed and prepared using a conventional solid-state reaction. Temperature and compositional dependent ferroelectric, piezoelectric, dielectric features, and structural evolution were systematically studied. At the critical composition of 2BMN, a large bipolar strain of 0.43% was achieved at 55 kV/cm, and the normalized strain reaches to 862 pm/V at a low driving electric field of 40 kV/cm. It was found that the substitution of BiMg2/3Nb1/3O3 induces a transformation from ferroelectric to relaxor phase by disrupting the long range ferroelectric order. Therefore, as the external electric field was applied, a relaxor-ferroelectric phase transition will be induced. This is contributed to the giant strain. The results above suggest that such a ternary composition is a promising candidate for application to actuator.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3947-3955 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of the American Ceramic Society |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2018 |
Keywords
- lead-free ceramics
- piezoelectric materials/properties
- relaxors
- strain