(Bi_(0.5)Na_(0.5))TiO_(3)(BNT)-based lead-free piezoceramics exhibit excellent electric field-induced strain(electrostrain)properties,but often suffer from large hysteresis and poor fatigue resistance,which strongly l...(Bi_(0.5)Na_(0.5))TiO_(3)(BNT)-based lead-free piezoceramics exhibit excellent electric field-induced strain(electrostrain)properties,but often suffer from large hysteresis and poor fatigue resistance,which strongly limit their applications.Here,<00l>textured Nb5+-doped 0.8(Bi_(0.5)Na_(0.5))TiO_(3)–0.2(Bi_(0.5)K_(0.5))TiO_(3)(0.8BNT–0.2BKT)ceramics with a high degree of texturing(~80%)were prepared by the reactive template grain growth(RTGG)method using Bi4Ti3O12 as a template.By the combination of donor doping in the B-site and the RTGG method,the electrostrain performance achieves a significant enhancement.A high electrostrain of 0.65%and a piezoelectric coefficient(*33 d)of 1083 pm/V with reduced hysteresis at an electric field of 6 kV/mm are obtained.No electrostrain performance degradation is observed after unipolar electric field loading of 10^(5)cycles,showing excellent fatigue endurance.These results indicate that the texturing BNT-based lead-free piezoceramics by the RTGG method is a useful approach to developing eco-friendly actuators.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52172135)the Youth Top Talent Project of the National“Ten Thousand Talents Program”(2021-527-07)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(2021B1515020083 and 2022B1515020070).
文摘(Bi_(0.5)Na_(0.5))TiO_(3)(BNT)-based lead-free piezoceramics exhibit excellent electric field-induced strain(electrostrain)properties,but often suffer from large hysteresis and poor fatigue resistance,which strongly limit their applications.Here,<00l>textured Nb5+-doped 0.8(Bi_(0.5)Na_(0.5))TiO_(3)–0.2(Bi_(0.5)K_(0.5))TiO_(3)(0.8BNT–0.2BKT)ceramics with a high degree of texturing(~80%)were prepared by the reactive template grain growth(RTGG)method using Bi4Ti3O12 as a template.By the combination of donor doping in the B-site and the RTGG method,the electrostrain performance achieves a significant enhancement.A high electrostrain of 0.65%and a piezoelectric coefficient(*33 d)of 1083 pm/V with reduced hysteresis at an electric field of 6 kV/mm are obtained.No electrostrain performance degradation is observed after unipolar electric field loading of 10^(5)cycles,showing excellent fatigue endurance.These results indicate that the texturing BNT-based lead-free piezoceramics by the RTGG method is a useful approach to developing eco-friendly actuators.
