Lead-free ternary perovskite compounds with large electromechanical strains

• Main Authors: Parkpoom Jarupoom, Eric Patterson, Brady Gibbons, Gobwute Rujijanagul, Rattikorn Yimnirun, David Cann
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=80055020230&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50342
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Lead-free compounds based on perovskite solid solutions in the ternary system (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3-(Bi1/2K1/2)TiO3-Bi(X1/2Ti1/2)O3, where X Ni and Mg have been shown to exhibit large electromechanical strains. While the perovskite end members Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3and Bi(Ni1/2Ti1/2)O3display limited stability in their pure state, both compounds were found to have solid solubilities of at least 50 mol. with (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3and (Bi1/2K1/2)TiO3. Most importantly, under relatively large applied fields, these materials exhibited large hysteretic electromechanical strains characterized by a parabolic shape. With effective piezoelectric coefficients (d33) greater than 500 pm/V, these systems have excellent potential as a Pb-free piezoelectric materials. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.