Preparation and Micro-mechanism of High-TC and High Performance Piezoelectric Ceramics BNT-PZT
JI Wanwan1, ZHANG Shuai1, LU Xiaolong1, FANG Bijun1, DING Jianning1,2
1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Experimental Demonstration Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Photovolatic Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China 2 School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Abstract: With the progress of science and technology, piezoelectric devices with high Curie-temperature (TC), excellent performance and high temperature stability are dramatically required in energy industry, aerospace industry and related fields. High TC piezoelectric ceramics Bi-(Ni1/2Ti1/2) O3-Pb (Zr1/2Ti1/2) O3 (BNT-PZT) were prepared by the solid-state method in this work. Via sintering processing optimization and composition selection, 0.25Bi (Ni1/2Ti1/2) O3-0.75Pb (Zr1/2Ti1/2) O3 (0.25BNT-0.75PZT) ceramics with composition around the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) sintered at 1 090 ℃ for 2 h present excellent electrical performance and high stability below the TC temperatures, in which εm=18 944, TC=220.1 ℃, d33*=487.6 pm/V, d33=510 pC/N and Kp=59.8%. The ferroelectric phase transition mechanism of the 0.25BNT-0.75PZT ceramics was studied by temperature dependent Raman spectroscopy. Based on which low symmetric polar nano-regions or multi-phases coexistence is discovered. Electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) also discloses the existence of rhombohedral and tetragonal phases in micro-regions in the 0.25BNT-0.75PZT ceramics. The low symmetric polar nano-regions or multi-phases coexistence reduces the energy barrier of the crystalline lattice distortion and polarization rotation, contributing to the excellent electrical properties of the 0.25BNT-0.75PZT ceramics around MPB.
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