Published October 29, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Perovskite lithium and bismuth modified potassium-sodium niobium lead-free ceramics for high temperature applications

  • 1. The College of Science, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710051 (China)
  • 2. Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Educational Ministry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049 (China)
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072 (China)

Description

[(K(1-x)/2Na(1-x)/2Lix)1-3yBiy]NbO3 (abbreviated as KNLBN) ceramics were prepared by conventional solid-state sintering. The addition of Li+ and Bi3+ makes the orthorhombic-tetragonal phase transition temperature (TO-T) decrease from 200 deg. C for pure (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 ceramics to -10 deg. C for KNLBN ceramics (x=0.06, y=0.005), while maintaining high Curie temperature (TC=455 deg. C) and piezoelectric properties (d33=185 pC/N, kp=0.43, kt=0.45, ε33T/ε0=1020, and tan δ=0.023) at room temperature. In addition, good temperature stability of electrical properties is obtained in KNLBN ceramics (x=0.06, y=0.005) owing to the decrease of TO-T. These results indicate that KNLBN (x=0.06, y=0.005) ceramic is a promising lead-free piezoelectric candidate material for high temperature applications

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
91
Journal Issue
18
Journal Page Range
p. 182909-182909.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

Optional Information

Notes
(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics