Effect of BNZ Component on Structure and Property of KNN Based Lead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics

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Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2024, Vol. 38

Issue (1): 51-60 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.647

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Effect of BNZ Component on Structure and Property of KNN Based Lead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics

LI Bosen, LIAO Zhongxin, GAO Daqiang(

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School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China

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LI Bosen, LIAO Zhongxin, GAO Daqiang. Effect of BNZ Component on Structure and Property of KNN Based Lead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2024, 38(1): 51-60.

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Abstract

In order to promote the practical application of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics, in this paper, a kind of sodium potassium niobate-sodium bismuth zirconate (1-x)K_0.48Na_0.52Nb_0.96Sb_0.04O₃-x(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)ZrO₃ lead-free piezoelectric ceramics were prepared, and their crystallographic structure and performance were assessed. Results show that their relative dielectric constant and the resonant frequency temperature are stable (< 10‰) with the variation of temperature; the piezoelectric ceramics are typical perovskite structure, and the most compact ceramic sample is obtained with x=0.04, which endows RD=97.43%, d₃₃ = 463 pC/N, k_p = 0.55 and Q_m = 37; the piezoelectric ceramics consists of tripartite-tetragonal (R-T) two-phases and the existence of nanodomain structure may be the cause for the excellent piezoelectric properties of ceramic materials.

Key words: inorganic non-metallic materials piezoelectric ceramics potassium sodium niobate nanometer domain temperature stability

Received: 07 December 2022

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Fund: Gansu Province Education and Technology Innovation Youth Doctoral Program(2022QB-002);Lanzhou University Odiwei Sensor Co. Ltd., Joint Research Institute Project

Corresponding Authors: GAO Daqiang, Tel: 18919960427, E-mail: gaodq@lzu.edu.cn

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Fig.1 SEM and grain size distribution of potassium sodium niobate-bismuth sodium zirconate lead-free piezoelectric ceramics with different BNZ contents (a~f) SEM images of the surface; (g, h) x = 0.04 section SEM; (i~n) size distribution

Fig.2 Physical properties of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics with potassium sodium niobate and bismuth sodium zirconate at different BNZ contents and comparison with the reported ceramic^[32~36] properties of similar systems

Fig.3 XRD and Rietveld refinement pattern at room temperature of KNN-xBNZ ceramics (a) XRD spectrum; (b) locally amplified XRD pattern of 2θ = 32°; (c~h) Rietveld refinement pattern for x = 0~0.06; (i) phase proportion distribution of x = 0~0.06

Table 1 Cell parameters and T phase c/a values of x = 0~0.06 ceramic

Fig.4 Raman spectra of KNNS-xBNZ ceramics at room temperature (a); variation of Raman displacement for each vibration mode (b); x = 0.04 ceramic Raman spectra (c) and fitting lines of vibration modes ν₁ and ν₂ of ceramics with x = 0.04 (d)

Fig.5 Dielectric temperature spectra of ceramics with different x (a, b, d, e); phase transition temperature variations of ceramics with different x (c, f)

Fig.6 Full picture of electric hysteresis loop of ceramic samples under different x (a); changes of E_c, P_max, P_r with x (b); the variation of d₃₃ and ε_rP_r with x (c); relative permittivity ε_r and series resonant frequency Fs temperature coefficient of ceramics with x = 0.04 at -40~100^oC and 20^oC as the contrast diagram with temperature (d)

Fig.7 TEM of ceramic sample with x = 0.04 (a, b) and SEM of ceramic sample with x = 0.04 (c)

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