Abstract
AbstractEffects of 0.5 wt% CuO addition on the sintering, structural and electrical properties of perovskite layer structured (PLS) Sr2Nb2O7 ceramics prepared by solid‐state reaction method are investigated. The addition of CuO is beneficial to the liquid phase bridge formation at sintering process, leading to lower sintering temperature of 1180°C and larger bulk density up to 98%. Meanwhile, CuO modified Sr2Nb2O7 ceramics show a remarkable d33 of (1.1 ± 0.1) pC/N while still with a very high Tc of (1340 ± 2)°C. Raman spectra indicate that the improvement of piezoelectricity could be attributed to the rotation and/or distortion of oxygen octahedron caused by possible Cu2+ substitution at the A‐sites of Sr2Nb2O7.
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