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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 125-130Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.08.033
Keywords
Lead-free piezoceramics; Acceptor doping; Piezoelectric properties; (K,Na)NbO3
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- Spanish Government [MAT2010-21088-C03]
- Catalan Government PIGC project [2009-SGR-0674]
- French Agence Nationale de la Recherche
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ZrO2 and TiO2 modified lead-free (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 (KNN) piezoelectric ceramics are prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction. The effect of acceptor doping on structural and functional properties is investigated. A decrease in the Curie temperature and an increase in the dielectric constant values are observed when doping. More interestingly, an increase in the coercive field E-c and remanent polarization P-r is observed. The piezoelectric properties are greatly increased when doping with small concentrations dopants. ZrO2 doped ceramic exhibits good piezoelectric properties with piezoelectric coefficient d(33) = 134 pC/N and electromechanical coupling factor k(p) = 35%. It is verified that nonlinearity is significantly reduced. Thus, the creation of complex defects capable of pinning the domain wall motion is enhanced with doping, probably due to the formation of oxygen vacancies. These results strongly suggest that compositional engineering using low concentrations of acceptor doping is a good means of improving the functional properties of KNN lead-free piezoceramic system. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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