TEMPERATURE-INDEPENDENT DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF 0.82[0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3–0.06BaTiO3]–0.18K0.5Na0.5NbO3 CERAMICS

Abstract

In order to explore the high temperature stability of ceramic capacitor, we present temperature-independent dielectric properties of 0.82[0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3–0.06BaTiO3]–0.18K0.5Na0.5NbO3 (BNT–BT–18KNN) ceramics. For different sintered temperature and annealing treatment, the pseudoternary system showed a εr of 2265 at 1 kHz at 35°C with a normalized permittivity ε/ε35°C varying less than ±15% from 11°C to 382°C. This pure perovskite phase with slimmer and heat proof P–E loops possessed energy density of 0.616 J/cm3 with a tolerance of about ±3% in a temperature interval ranging from 20°C to 120°C, which is higher and more temperature stable than most ceramic capacitors, such as PLZST and 0.89BNT–0.06BT–0.05KNN. This relaxor ferroelectric (at room temperature) with parabolic bipolar strain–electric (S(E)) curve showed a quite low temperature dependence of positive strain with less than ±6.5% tolerance from the average value of 0.091% between 20°C and 120°C, which is also more temperature stable than the same composition Zhang et al. reported. These merits demonstrate that the newly produced BNT–BT–18KNN ceramics should be a promising candidate for the development of high-temperature capacitor and actuator materials.