Enhanced piezoelectricity in Na and Ce co-doped CaBi4Ti4O15 ceramics for high-temperature applications

Zimeng Hu; Vladimir Koval; Hangfeng Zhang; Kan Chen; Yajun Yue; Dou Zhang; Haixue Yan

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2023, 12(7): 1331-1344 https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220754

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Enhanced piezoelectricity in Na and Ce co-doped CaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅ ceramics for high-temperature applications

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Zimeng Hu^{^a}, Vladimir Koval^{^b}, Hangfeng Zhang^{^a}, Kan Chen^{^a}, Yajun Yue^{^c^,^d}, Dou Zhang^{^e}(

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aSchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK

bInstitute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice 04001, Slovakia

cSpallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China

dInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China

eState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

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piezoelectric properties, domain switching, Aurivillius-phase ceramics, high Curie point

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Hu Z, Koval V, Zhang H, et al. Enhanced piezoelectricity in Na and Ce co-doped CaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅ ceramics for high-temperature applications. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023, 12(7): 1331-1344. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220754

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The sodium (Na) and Ce co-doped calcium bismuth titanate (CBT; CaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅) Aurivillius ceramics in a Ca_1−x(Na_0.5Ce_0.5)_xBi₄Ti₄O₁₅ (CNCBT; doping content (x) = 0, 0.03, 0.05, 0.08 and 0.12) system were synthesized by the conventional solid-state sintering method. All compositions show a single-phase orthorhombic (space group: A2₁am) structure at room temperature. The shift of the Curie point (T_C) towards lower temperatures (T) on doping results from the increased tolerance factor (t). The substitution-enhanced ferroelectric performance with large maximum polarization (P_m) and facilitated domain switching is evidenced by the developed electrical polarization–electric field (P–E) and electrical current–electric field (I–E) hysteresis loops. The piezoelectric coefficient (d₃₃ = 20.5± 0.1 pC/N) of the x = 0.12 sample is about four times larger than that of pure CBT. The improved piezoelectric properties can be attributed to the high remanent polarization (P_r) and relatively high dielectric permittivity (ε′). In addition, multi-sized (micron and sub-micron) domain structures were observed in the CNCBT ceramics by the piezoresponse force microscope (PFM). The multiple-sized ferroelectric domain structure with smaller domains is beneficial to the easy domain switching, enhanced ferroelectric performance, and improved piezoelectric properties of the CNCBT ceramics. The designed Aurivillius-phase ferroelectric ceramics with the T_C around 765 ℃ and high piezoelectric coefficient (d₃₃) are suitable for high-temperature piezoelectric applications.

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Enhanced piezoelectricity in Na and Ce co-doped CaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅ ceramics for high-temperature applications

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Zimeng Hu^{^a}, Vladimir Koval^{^b}, Hangfeng Zhang^{^a}, Kan Chen^{^a}, Yajun Yue^{^c^,^d}, Dou Zhang^{^e}(

), Haixue Yan^{^a}(

)

aSchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK

bInstitute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice 04001, Slovakia

cSpallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China

dInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China

eState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

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Keywords: piezoelectric properties, domain switching, Aurivillius-phase ceramics, high Curie point

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Received: 25 December 2022

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFB3807404) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U19A2087). Zimeng Hu would like to acknowledge the China Scholarship Council (No. 201806370199) for supporting this work. Vladimir Koval acknowledges the support of the Grant Agency of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2/0034/23).

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