In this study, (Na0.525K0.443Li0.037)(Nb0.883Sb0.08Ta0.037)O3 + 0.10 wt%Bi2O3 + 0.35 wt%B2O3 ceramics were prepared by conventional soild-state sintering process. The specimens were sintered at temperature range from 1,060℃ to 1,100℃. XRD (X-ray diffractron), SEM (scanning electron microscope) were used to analyze the crystal structure and microstructural sproperties of specimens. And also, TO-T, TC were observed by the mesurement of temperature dependence of dielectric constant. Excellect physical properties of the piezoelectric constant d33= 170 pC/N, electromechanical coupling factor kp= 0.312, Tc= 315℃ were obtained, respectively, from the specimen sintered at 1,080℃.

We studied sintering temperature to enhance the piezoelectric properties of 0.98(Na0.5K0.5)NbO3-0.02Li(Sb0.17Ta0.83)O3+0.01wt%ZnO (hereafter NKN-LST+ZnO) lead free piezoelectric ceramics. The synthesis and sintering method were the conventional solid state reaction method and sintering was executed at 1,080∼1,120℃. We found that NKN-LST+ZnO ceramics at optimal sintering temperature showed the improved piezoelectric properties at the optimal sintering temperature. The NKN-LST+ZnO ceramics show good performance with piezoelectric constant d33= 153 pC/N sintered at 1,090℃. The results reveal that NKN-LST+ZnO ceramics are promising candidate materials for lead-free piezoelectric application.

Citations

• Effects of A-site Vacancies on the Piezoelectric Properties of 0.97Bi0.5+x(Na0.78K0.22)0.5-3xTiO3-0.03LaFeO3Lead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics
  Jung Soo Park, Ku Tak Lee, Jeong Ho Cho, Young Hun Jeong, Jong Hoo Paik, Ji Sun Yun
  Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society.2014; 51(6): 527.     CrossRef