Composition dependence of electric-field-induced structure of Bi{sub 1/2}(Na{sub 1−x}K{sub x}){sub 1/2}TiO{sub 3} lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW Australia, 2052 Sydney (Australia)
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, North Carolina 27695 (United States)
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749 (Korea, Republic of)
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, North Carolina 27695 (United States)
Microscopic origins of the electric-field-induced strain for three compositions of Bi{sub 1/2}(Na{sub 1−x}K{sub x}){sub 1/2}TiO{sub 3} (x = 0.14, 0.18, and 0.22) (BNKT100x) ceramics have been compared using in situ high-energy (87.12 keV) X-ray diffraction. In the as-processed state, average crystallographic structure of BNKT14 and BNKT18 were found to be of rhombohedral symmetry, while BNKT22 was tetragonal. Diffraction data collected under electric field showed that both the BNKT14 and BNKT18 exhibit induced lattice strain and non-180° ferroelectric domain switching without any apparent phase transformation. The BNKT22 composition, in addition to the lattice strain and domain switching, showed an electric-field-induced transformation from a tetragonal to mixed tetragonal-rhombohedral state. Despite the difference in the origin of microscopic strain responses in these compositions, the measured macroscopic poling strains of 0.46% (BNKT14), 0.43% (BNKT18), and 0.44% (BNKT22) are similar. In addition, the application of a second poling field of opposite polarity to the first increased the magnitude of non-180° ferroelectric domain texture. This was suggested to be related to the existence of an asymmetric internal bias field.
- OSTI ID:
- 22596810
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 119, Issue 23; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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