Abstract

Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 (BNT) lead-free ceramics have been extensively studied due to their excellent dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties. The phase structure and functionalities of BNT can be feasibly adjusted by doping/forming solid solutions with other elements/components. In this work, Bi(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3 (BMN) was introduced into BNT by a conventional solid-state reaction to form a homogeneous solid solution of (1-x)(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-xBi(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3 (BNT-xBMN) with a perovskite structure. With the increase of BMN content, a phase transition from rhombohedral R3c to tetragonal P4bm has been confirmed by XRD, along with shifting the ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition temperature to lower temperatures with broadening dielectric peaks. Furthermore, an optimized recoverable energy density of 1.405 J/cm3 was achieved for BNT-0.10BMN ceramics under a low applied electric field of 140 kV/cm, which is mainly attributed to the transformation from ferroelectric to ergodic relaxor phase.

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