Abstract
A new lead-free ferroelectric solid solution between (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3 (BCZT) and K0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (KBT) has been systematically investigated in terms of its phase transformations, microstructure, dielectric and ferroelectric properties. The incorporation of KBT into BCZT was found to enhance the sintering behavior, although secondary phases of K4Ti3O8 and BaBi4Ti4O15 were detected at high KBT contents. Chemical heterogeneity was also observed in the form of core-shell grain structures comprising tetragonal ferroelectric BCZT-rich cores with pseudo-cubic relaxor ferroelectric KBT-rich shell regions. Temperature-dependent dielectric property measurements revealed that the BCZT-KBT ceramics exhibited both normal and relaxor ferroelectric behaviour simultaneously, associated directly with the core-shell structure. Ferroelectric hysteresis measurements indicated that the remanent polarisation and coercive field were strongly dependent on KBT content. In common with other lead-free relaxor ferroelectrics, increasing temperature led to the formation of constricted polarisation-electric field hysteresis loops, indicating the occurrence of a reversible electric field-induced nanopolar to long-range ordered ferroelectric state.
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