Abstract
Lead-free piezoelectric (1−x)Bi0.5(Na0.78K0.22)0.5TiO3–xK0.5Na0.5NbO3 (BNKT–xKNN, x=0–0.10) ceramics were synthesized using a conventional, solid-state reaction method. The effect of KNN addition on BNKT ceramics was investigated through X-ray diffraction (XRD), dielectric, ferroelectric and electric field-induced strain characterizations. XRD revealed a pure perovskite phase with tetragonal symmetry in the studied composition range. As the KNN content increased, the depolarization temperature (Td) as well as maximum dielectric constant (ɛm) decreased. The addition of KNN destabilized the ferroelectric order of BNKT ceramics exhibiting a pinched-type hysteresis loop with low remnant polarization (11μC/cm2) and small piezoelectric constant (27pC/N) at 3mol% KNN. As a result, at x=0.03 a significant enhancement of 0.22% was observed in the electric field-induced strain, which corresponds to a normalized strain (Smax/Emax) of ∼434pm/V. This enhancement is attributed to the coexistence of ferroelectric and non-polar phases at room temperature.
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