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Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 4/2015

01-04-2015

Microstructure and electrical properties of (Ba0.98Ca0.02)(Ti0.94Sn0.06)O3x wt% ZnO lead-free piezoelectric ceramics sintered at lower temperature

Authors: Bo Wu, Dingquan Xiao, Jiagang Wu, Qian Gou, Jianguo Zhu

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 4/2015

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Abstract

Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics of (Ba0.98Ca0.02)(Ti0.94Sn0.06)O3x wt% ZnO (BCTS–xZnO) were synthesized by the conventional solid-state method. The microstructures and the electrical properties of BCTS–xZnO ceramics were systematically studied in the composition range of 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.20. It was found that the sintering temperature of BCTS ceramics was gradually decrease using ZnO as a sintering aid, and the addition of ZnO did not change the tetragonal phase structure of the ceramics. The BCTS–xZnO ceramics with x = 0.10 sintered at a lower temperature of ~1,350 °C for 3 h demonstrated an optimum electrical behavior: d 33 ~ 428 pC/N, k p ~ 53.3 %, 2P r ~ 24 μC/cm2, and 2E c ~ 3.0 kV/mm. As a result, the BCTS–xZnO ceramic is a promising candidate for lead-free piezoelectric ceramics.

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Metadata
Title
Microstructure and electrical properties of (Ba0.98Ca0.02)(Ti0.94Sn0.06)O3–x wt% ZnO lead-free piezoelectric ceramics sintered at lower temperature
Authors
Bo Wu
Dingquan Xiao
Jiagang Wu
Qian Gou
Jianguo Zhu
Publication date
01-04-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-2687-y

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