Electrical Properties of 0.98(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-0.02AETiO3 piezoceramics doped with Li2CO3
CHEN Hong, LIU Peng*, MEN Gao-li, DING Lan-fang
(College of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an 710062, Shaanxi, China)
Abstract:
The lead-free piezoceramics ceramics 0.98(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-0.02AETiO3 (AE=Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba) doped with 1.0 wt.% Li2CO3 (NKN-AET-Li) are prepared by the conventional solid-state reaction method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra show that the samples possess perovskite structure. NKN-CaT-Li and NKN-SrT-Li ceramics are coexistence of orthorhombic and tetragonal phases with a high relative density (> 96%) at room temperature. Addition of Li2CO3 obviously increases the Curie temperature(Tc≥ 400 ℃) and decreases the orthorhombic-tetragonal polymorphic phase transition temperature (To-t) for all NKN-AET-Li systems. At room temperature, NKN-CaT-Li ceramics (d33=197 pC/N, kp=0.32) and NKN-SrT-Li ceramics (d33=243 pC/N, kp=0.34) obtain a good piezoelectric properties. Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of NKN-CaT-Li and NKN-SrT-Li remain stable within a temperature range from 50 ℃ to 200 ℃.
KeyWords:
phase transitions; ceramics; piezoelectric properties; perovskites