Phase formation and electrical properties of lead-free bismuth sodium titanate-potassium niobate ceramics

• Main Authors: Pengpat K., Jarupoom P., Kantha P., Eitssayeam S., Intatha U., Rujijanagul G., Tunkasiri T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38649088205&partnerID=40&md5=da4a501f282d7aa470b3edf285424381; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/5573
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics in the (1-x)(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3- xKNbO3:(1-x)BNT-xKN system, were prepared by a two-step mixed oxide method and investigated over the entire compositional range where x = 0.0 to 1.0. Difficulty in preparing dense ceramics was encountered where the content of KN is greater than 50 mol%. XRD results showed that most of the BNT-KN ceramics contain ferroelectric perovskite phase with a mixture of rhombohedral and orthorhombic symmetries. The dielectric constant at room temperature (εr) was found to increase with increasing KN. The maximum piezoelectric coefficient (d33) of about 170 pC/N was obtained in the 0.9BNT-0.1KN sample. The broadness of the dielectric constant peak increased with increasing KN content, especially that of the 0.7BNT-0.3KN ceramic which exhibited a very broad curve over a wide temperature range. This may be useful in the development of lead-free capacitors. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.