Enhanced thermal and cycling reliabilities in (K,Na)(Nb,Sb)O3-CaZrO3-(Bi,Na)HfO3 ceramics

Yi FAN; Zhenxing WANG; Yu HUAN; Tao WEI; Xiaohui WANG

doi:10.1007/s40145-020-0374-9

Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2020, 9(3): 349-359 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0374-9

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Enhanced thermal and cycling reliabilities in (K,Na)(Nb,Sb)O₃-CaZrO₃-(Bi,Na)HfO₃ ceramics

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Yi FAN^{^a^,^†}, Zhenxing WANG^{^a^,^†}, Yu HUAN^{^a}(

), Tao WEI^{^a}(

), Xiaohui WANG^{^b}

aSchool of Material Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China

bState Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

† Yi Fan and Zhenxing Wang contributed equally to this work.

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crystal structure, (Na,K)NbO₃ (KNN)-based ceramics, thermal stability, fatigue resistance, defect structure

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FAN Y, WANG Z, HUAN Y, et al. Enhanced thermal and cycling reliabilities in (K,Na)(Nb,Sb)O₃-CaZrO₃-(Bi,Na)HfO₃ ceramics. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2020, 9(3): 349-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0374-9

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The thermal stability and fatigue resistance of piezoelectric ceramics are of great importance for industrialized application. In this study, the electrical properties of (0.99-x)(K_0.48Na_0.52)(Nb_0.975Sb_0.025)O₃- 0.01CaZrO₃-x(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)HfO₃ ceramics are investigated. When x = 0.03, the ceramics exhibit the optimal electrical properties at room temperature and high Curie temperature (T_C = 253 ℃). In addition, the ceramic has outstanding thermal stability (d₃^*₃ ≈ 301 pm/V at 160 ℃) and fatigue resistance (variation of P_r and d₃^*₃ ~10% after 10⁴ electrical cycles). Subsequently, the defect configuration and crystal structure of the ceramics are studied by X-ray diffraction, temperature- dielectric property curves and impedance analysis. On one hand, the doping (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)HfO₃ makes the dielectric constant peaks flatten. On the other hand, the defect concentration and migration are obviously depressed in the doped ceramics. Both of them can enhance the piezoelectrical properties and improve the temperature and cycling reliabilities. The present study reveals that the good piezoelectric properties can be obtained in 0.96(K_0.48Na_0.52)(Nb_0.975Sb_0.025)O₃-0.01CaZrO₃-0.03(Bi_0.5Na_0.5) HfO₃ ceramics.

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Enhanced thermal and cycling reliabilities in (K,Na)(Nb,Sb)O₃-CaZrO₃-(Bi,Na)HfO₃ ceramics

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Yi FAN^{^a^,^†}, Zhenxing WANG^{^a^,^†}, Yu HUAN^{^a}(

), Tao WEI^{^a}(

), Xiaohui WANG^{^b}

aSchool of Material Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China

bState Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

† Yi Fan and Zhenxing Wang contributed equally to this work.

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Keywords: crystal structure, (Na,K)NbO₃ (KNN)-based ceramics, thermal stability, fatigue resistance, defect structure

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Received: 19 December 2019

Revised: 09 March 2020

Accepted: 10 March 2020

Published: 05 June 2020

Issue date: June 2020

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The study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51702119, 51702122, and 51972146).

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