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Research Article | Open Access

Enhanced piezoelectric properties and thermal stability of Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 modified BiFeO3–BaTiO3 ceramics with morphotropic phase boundary

Shuai Chenga,b,c,, Boping Zhangd( ), Shengjie Aia, Hongbao Yua( ), Xin Wanga, Jiahao Yanga( ), Changrong Zhoua( ), Jingtai Zhaoa, Guanghui Raoa( )
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
Foshan (Southern China) Institute for New Materials, Foshan, 528200, Guangdong, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083, Beijing, China

Peer review under responsibility of The Chinese Ceramic Society.

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Abstract

Morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) plays a key role in tuning piezoelectric responses of ferroelectric ceramics. Here, Bi0·5Na0·5TiO3 modified BiFeO3–BaTiO3 ternary solid solutions of 0.7BiFeO3-(0.3-x)BaTiO3-xBi0.5Na0·5TiO3 (referred to as BF-BT-xBNT, 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.04) were prepared for lead-free piezoelectrics. All the ceramics exhibit an MPB with coexisting rhombohedral (R) and tetragonal (T) phases, and the R/T phase ratio decreases upon increasing x. The increment of BNT promotes the grain growth, lowers the leakage current and Curie temperature (TC), and gradually drives the ferroelectric to relaxor transition. Because of the MPB with appropriate R/T phase ratio, increased grain size and density, and decreased leakage current, the well-balanced performance between d33 = 206 pC/N and TC = 488 ℃ is obtained in x = 0.01 case. In addition, the further enhanced in-situ d33 = 286–347 pC/N is obtained in BF-BT-xBNT ceramics along with the improved depolarization temperature Td from 280 to 312 ℃, showing a potential application for lead-free piezoceramics at high temperature.

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Thermal stabilityPiezoelectric propertyFerroelectricsPhase transitionsCurie temperature

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Journal of Materiomics
Volume 9 Issue 3,
May 2023
Pages 464-471
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2023.01.001
Cite this article:
Cheng S, Zhang B, Ai S, et al. Enhanced piezoelectric properties and thermal stability of Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 modified BiFeO3–BaTiO3 ceramics with morphotropic phase boundary. Journal of Materiomics, 2023, 9(3): 464-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2023.01.001

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Received: 16 October 2022
Revised: 25 December 2022
Accepted: 01 January 2023
Published: 20 January 2023
© 2023 The Authors.

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