An approach to further improve piezoelectric properties of (K 0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based lead-free ceramics

Hongliang Du, Wancheng Zhou, Fa Luo, Dongmei Zhu, Shaobo Qu, Zhibin Pei

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Abstract

An approach to further improve piezoelectric properties of (1-x) (K0.5 Na0.5) Nb O3 -xLiNb O3 (KNLN) ceramics, i.e., the optimum poling temperatures (Tp) of KNLN ceramics should be chosen near the polymorphic phase transition temperatures, is proposed. This is contrary to conventional wisdom associated with electrical poling of ceramics. Piezoelectric constant d33 of KNLN (x=0.07) ceramics increases from 210 to 274 pCN by selecting optimum Tp. This result indicates that this approach is very effective in improving piezoelectric properties of KNLN ceramics. Moreover, this approach can also be applied to other (K0.5 Na0.5) Nb O3 based ceramics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number202907
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume91
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

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