Abstract
In this work, texturing is proposed to improve the piezoelectric response of PSN-PMN-PT ceramics. The PSN-PMN-PT textured ceramic with a Lotgering factor F001 higher than 99% was synthesized by the liquid-phase-assisted template grain growth (TGG) method. The addition of CuO/B2O3 sintering aids improves the BT templates induced grain orientation growth behavior significantly. In comparison with its random counterpart, the Cu/B-T textured ceramic exhibits a high Lotgering factor F001 of 99% and significantly enhanced dielectric and piezoelectric responses: Îľr âź 3100, tanδ âź 0.8%, d33 âź 1030 pC Nâ1, d33â g33 âź 34.2 Ă 10â12 m2 Nâ1, d33* âź 1490 pm Vâ1@5 kV cmâ1, Smax âź 0.26%@20 kV cmâ1 and Hs âź 8.5%. In the meantime, good temperature stability is observed in the Cu/B-T textured ceramic with a variation of d33*@20 kV cmâ1 and annealed d33 lower than 9.68% and 18.1% over a wide temperature range of 25â140 °C. This work shows that PSN-PMN-PT textured ceramic (Cu/B-T) has great potential for electromechanical device applications such as precision actuators, ultrasound transducers, and energy harvesters.
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