In:
Journal of Applied Physics, AIP Publishing, Vol. 117, No. 12 ( 2015-03-28)
Abstract:
Lead free piezoelectric ceramics (Na0.5K0.5)NbO3 modified by 4% mol. K4CuNb8O23 (abbreviated NKN:4KCN hereinafter) contain moderate piezoelectric constant d33 ∼ 100 pC N−1 and large mechanical quality factor Qm & gt; 1000, showing possible replacement of the lead-based ones (Chen et al., J Appl. Phys. 102, 104109 (2007)). In terms of practical use, however, the temperature stability of NKN:4KCN is not clear to date. We made a systematic investigation on the properties versus temperature of NKN:4KCN to evaluate whether it can be practically used. In the range from room temperature (RT ∼ 25 °C) to 100 °C, the ferroelectricity of poled NKN:4KCN material is nearly temperature independent, remanent polarization Pr is about 27.6 ±1 μC cm−2. When the as-studied NKN:4KCN ceramics were thermal depolarized in temperature range from RT to 450 °C, piezoelectric constant d33 changed little, retaining about 99 pC N−1, 77 ± 3 pC N−1, from RT to 150 °C, 200 °C to 350 °C, respectively. The poled NKN:4KCN material showed higher orthorhombic to tetragonal phase transition temperature (TO−T ∼ 200 °C) compared to unpoled sample (TO−T ∼ 194 °C). Moreover, this kind of lead free material displayed negative temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) and positive TCF in orthorhombic and tetragonal phase state, respectively. The TCF was about −360 ppm K−1 in the range from RT to 125 °C, close to some lead-based commercial ones. The significance of this work lies in evaluating whether such a material can be practically used or not. We believe such a material might be the most promising candidate for replacing lead-based ones in some areas in the future.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-8979
,
1089-7550
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
2015
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3112-4
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1476463-5
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