Microstructural origin for the piezoelectricity evolution in (K 0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based lead-free ceramics

Hanzheng Guo; Shujun Zhang; Scott P. Beckman; Xiaoli Tan

doi:10.1063/1.4825213

Microstructural origin for the piezoelectricity evolution in (K _0.5Na_0.5)NbO₃-based lead-free ceramics

Hanzheng Guo, Shujun Zhang, Scott P. Beckman, Xiaoli Tan

Materials Research Institute (MRI)

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Chemically modified (K_0.5Na_0.5)NbO₃ compositions with finely tuned polymorphic phase boundaries (PPBs) have shown excellent piezoelectric properties. The evolution of the domain morphology and crystal structure under applied electric fields of a model material, 0.948(K_0.5Na_0.5)NbO₃-0.052LiSbO₃, was directly visualized using in situ transmission electron microscopy. The in situ observations correlate extremely well with measurements of the electromechanical response on bulk samples. It is found that the origin of the excellent piezoelectric performance in this lead-free composition is due to a tilted monoclinic phase that emerges from the PPB when poling fields greater than 14 kV/cm are applied.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	154102
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	114
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825213
State	Published - Oct 21 2013

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