Microstructure and piezoelectric properties of Ba(Ti0.8Zr0.2)O3- (Ba0.7Ca0.3) TiO3 lead-free ceramics

Liangliang Liu, Feng Gao, Bei Xu, Guoxin Hu, Tao Wang, Jiangnan Liu

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Abstract

Lead-free piezoelectric Ba(Ti0.8Zr0.2)O3- (Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 (BZT-xBCT) ceramics with high piezoelectric coefficient were synthesized by the conventional solid state reaction method. The effect of the contents of BCT on the system microstructure, piezoelectric and dielectric property has been investigated. The results showed that the main phase of BZT-xBCT ceramics was perovskite phase when x was 0.45 to 0.60, and a small amount of second phase (CaTiO3) was detected when x>0.50.BZT-xBCT ceramics with x=0.50 had an optimized piezoelectric characterization, its dielectric constant, piezoelectric constant d33, electromechanical coupling factor kp, mechanical quality factor Qm and the frequency coefficient Np were 2 900, 385 pC/N, 0.456, 124 and 2 740 Hz·m respectively. Theese results indicate that the BZT-xBCT with the compositions near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) is a hopeful candidate material to replace the lead-based piezoelectric materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)791-795+810
JournalYadian Yu Shengguang/Piezoelectrics and Acoustooptics
Volume33
Issue number5
StatePublished - Oct 2011

Keywords

  • Conventional solid state reaction
  • Lead-free ceramics
  • Microstructure
  • Piezoelectricity

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