• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 37, Issue 6, 603 (2022)
Huiping YANG1, Xuefan ZHOU1, Haojie FANG2, Xiaoyun ZHANG2, Hang LUO1, and Dou ZHANG1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • 22. Hunan Meicheng Ceramic Technology Co., Ltd., Loudi 417000, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20210453 Cite this Article
    Huiping YANG, Xuefan ZHOU, Haojie FANG, Xiaoyun ZHANG, Hang LUO, Dou ZHANG. Field-induced Strain Property of Lead-free Ferroelectric Ceramics Based on Sodium Bismuth Titanate[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(6): 603 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Piezoelectric actuators have advantages of fast response, high positioning accuracy, small size, and have received widespread attention in the field of precision drives. Lead-based piezoelectric actuators occupy the main commercial market. To avoid the use of the harmful element lead, a lead-free piezoelectric materials and actuators must be developed. Among them, bismuth sodium titanate (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 (BNT), was reported but it has some disadvantages of higher driving voltage, larger hysteresis, and poor temperature stability. To optimize the strain performance of the lead-free actuator, this study adopted the solid-phase reaction method to prepare (1-x) {0.76(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3- 0.24SrTiO3}-xNaNbO3 (BNT-ST-xNN, x=0-0.03) lead-free ferroelectric ceramics, systematically studied its field- induced strain performance. The results show that when x=0.01, the strain value of the ceramic can reach 0.278% under a low electric field (E = 4 kV/mm), and the piezoelectric coefficient d*33 is as high as 695 pm/V. Meanwhile, the ceramic is at the non-ergodic/ergodic relaxation phase boundary, and the electric field induced relaxor-ferroelectric phase transition leads to large field-induced strain. Compared with x=0.01, the strain value at x=0.02 is 0.249%, which is slightly reduced, but the hysteresis is significantly reduced to 43% of the comparator. In addition, the strain remains stable in the temperature range of 25-100 ℃. This study shows that introduction of SrTiO3 and NaNbO3 into BNT can increase the field-induced strain value while maintaining a low driving voltage and good temperature stability, indicating suitable for the development of piezoelectric actuators.
    Huiping YANG, Xuefan ZHOU, Haojie FANG, Xiaoyun ZHANG, Hang LUO, Dou ZHANG. Field-induced Strain Property of Lead-free Ferroelectric Ceramics Based on Sodium Bismuth Titanate[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(6): 603
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