1. Realization of densified microstructure and large piezoelectricity in KNN ceramics via the addition of oxide additives.
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Cheng, Yuan, Xing, Jie, Wang, Ting, Wang, Fei, Li, Ruichen, Sun, Xixi, Xie, Lixu, Tan, Zhi, and Zhu, Jianguo
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PIEZOELECTRIC ceramics ,PIEZOELECTRICITY ,ELECTROMECHANICAL effects ,POTASSIUM niobate ,CERAMICS ,MICROSTRUCTURE ,CURIE temperature - Abstract
Lead-free potassium sodium niobate [(K, Na)NbO
3 , KNN]-based ceramics have aroused great interest due to their excellent piezoelectricity and high Curie temperature. However, the deteriorative microstructure of KNN-based ceramics restricts their further developments. In this work, various kinds of oxide additives (Al2 O3 , Co2 O3 , Nb2 O5 , SnO2 and HfO2 ) are introduced into the KNN-based ceramics to increase the grain size and wipe the microcracks to improve their microstructures. Herein, large piezoelectric coefficient values (d33 ≈ 450–500 pC/N) and high Curie temperature values (TC ≈ 255–263 °C) together with high electromechanical coupling coefficient values (kp ≈ 0.50–0.56) are obtained in constructed R-O-T multiphase coexisted KNN-based ceramics. Moreover, the KNN ceramic with the addition of Al2 O3 exhibits an optimal unipolar strain value (S = 0.124%) and a high inverse piezoelectric constant (d33 * = 494 pm/V). We believe that our findings provide a simple, effective, and applicable approach to optimize the electrical performances of KNN-based system materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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