Abstract
The 0.96Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–0.04K0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (NKBT96/4) lead-free single crystal was successfully grown by top-seeded solution growth method. The effective segregation coefficient for K was calculated to be 0.20. X-ray powder diffraction measurement showed that the as-grown crystal possesses rhombohedral perovskite structure at room temperature. X-ray rock curve measure indicated that the as-grown single crystal owned relatively higher quality. The NKBT96/4 single crystal exhibits apparent diffused dielectric behavior, where the diffusiveness index α is 1.79 for the [001]-oriented crystal planes. A notable thermal hysteresis, ΔT h , of 25°C was disclosed for the tetragonal antiferroelectric-tetragonal paraelectric phase transition in the dielectric property studies between heating and cooling. The highest remnant polarization, P r , 16.8 μC/cm2, was obtained at 100°C. The electromechanical coupling coefficient kt of the [001]-oriented crystal planes at room temperature was determined to be 38% using resonance–antiresonance technique. The room temperature piezoelectric constant d33 reaches 120 pC/N.
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