Abstract
Ho2O3 doped (K0.4Na0.6)0.95Li0.05Nb0.95Sb0.05O3 (KNLNS) lead-free piezoelectric ceramics were prepared by normal sintering to construct rhombohedral–orthorhombic polymorphic phase boundary. An orthorhombic and rhombohedral phase boundary is formed in the ceramics around x = 0.6–0.8, indicating that the doping of Ho2O3 is helpful to stabilize the low temperature rhombohedral structure. The surface and interior of the x ≤ 0.6 samples exhibit tetragonal and orthorhombic structures, respectively, which demonstrate that phase transitions can be induced by the alkali metal oxides volatilization during sintering. Anomalous broad dielectric relaxation is observed in the er-T curves near TC when x ≥ 0.8. Abnormal grain growth occurs when small amount of Ho2O3 is added but the grain size decreases at high amount of Ho2O3. The optimum electrical properties of d33 = 252 pC/N, kp = 39.67 %, er = 930.4, and Qm = 59.5 are obtained at x = 0.6. These results show that the KNLNS ceramic with 0.6 wt% Ho2O3 is a promising lead-free piezoelectric material.
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