Abstract
Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics with large strain response and good temperature stability are highly required for actuator applications. However, the search for lead-free ceramics with both enhanced strain and reduced thermal-dependent behavior is a great challenge. In this work, by employing templated grain growth technique and elaborately modulate the phase structure, large unipolar strain of 0.30 %, low strain hysteresis Hs ∼ 12 %, along with small strain variation 11.8 % between 20 and 100 °C are achieved in (001)C-oriented (Ba0.95Ca0.05)(Sn0.04Ti0.96)O3 ceramics, being the optimal level of BaTiO3 family. It is revealed the ceramics exhibit a coexistence of orthorhombic and tetragonal phases. The inherent piezoelectric anisotropy of orthorhombic phase, the reversible a→c domain switch, along with the refined non-180° domain structures contribute to the remarkable electrostrain characteristic. This study proposed a promising strategy to develop high performance piezoelectric materials for actuator applications.
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