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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 106, Issue 6, Pages 3481-3490Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jace.19013
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KNN-based textured ceramics; piezoelectricity; synergistic effect; temperature stability
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The piezoelectric properties of KNN-based ceramics were improved by utilizing the synergistic effect of crystal orientation and phase structure, resulting in high piezoelectric coefficient, electric field-induced strain, and superior temperature stability.
It is difficult to maintain strong piezoelectric properties over a wide temperature range in (K,Na)NbO3 (KNN)-based ceramics owing to the polymorphic phase boundary (PPB). Here, we propose advantageously utilizing the synergistic effect of crystal orientation and phase structure to address this issue. The < 0 0 1 & rang;(pc) textured (1 - x)(K0.48Na0.52)(Nb0.96Sb0.04)O-3-x(Bi0.5Ag0.5)ZrO3 (KNNS-xBAZ) ceramics with different phase structures were synthesized via the templated grain growth method. A high piezoelectric coefficient (d(33)) of 505 +/- 25 pC/N, an electric field-induced strain of 0.21%, and a superior temperature stability (d(33) exhibited a high retention of >= 78% at the temperature up to 200 degrees C; strain maintained within 5.7% change over a temperature range of 30-150 degrees C) were simultaneously achieved in textured KNNS-0.03BAZ ceramics. The flattened Gibbs free energy induced by the R-O-T multiphase coexistence, the strong anisotropy of crystals, and the abundant nanodomains contributed to the enhanced piezoelectric properties. The contribution of the strong anisotropy of crystals in < 0 0 1 & rang;(pc) textured ceramics compensates for the deterioration of the piezoelectric properties caused by the phase structure deviation from the PPB with increasing temperature, which benefits the superior temperature stability of the textured KNNS-0.03BAZ ceramics. The previous merits prove that utilizing the synergistic effect of crystal orientation and phase structure is an effective strategy to boost the piezoelectricity and their temperature stability of KNN-based ceramics.
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