文摘
Lead-free ceramics (Bi1?xLax)0.5(Na0.84K0.16)0.5TiO3 were prepared by a conventional ceramic technique and the effects of La doping and sintering temperature on the microstructure, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of the ceramics were studied. All the ceramics possess a pure perovskite structure and La3+ diffuses into the Bi0.5(Na0.84K0.16)0.5TiO3 lattices to form a solid solution with a rhombohedral symmetry. The addition of La leads to the significant change in the grain morphology and size for the (Bi1?xLax)0.5(Na0.84K0.16)0.5TiO3 and a number of rod grains with the length of 10-0?μm and the diameter of 1-?μm are observed in the ceramic with x?=?0.04 sintered at 1,140?°C for 2?h. However, as sintering temperature increases to 1,160?°C, the rod grains disappears and the uniform and rectangular grains are observed in the ceramics with x?=?0.04. As x increases from 0 to 0.06, the coercive field E c of the ceramics decreases from 4.33 to 2.81?kV/mm and the remanent polarization P r of the ceramics retains the high values of 25.9-7.7?μm/cm2. The depolarization temperature T d decreases from 154 to 50?°C with x increasing from 0 to 0.10. All the ceramics exhibit the diffusive phase transition at high temperature (280-20?°C). The ceramic with x?=?0.04 sintered at 1,150?°C for 2?h exhibit the optimum piezoelectric properties, giving d 33?=?165?pC/N and k p?=?32.9?%. The optimum sintering temperature is 1,150?°C at which the improved piezoelectric properties (d 33?=?165?pC/N and k p?=?32.9?%) are obtained. At the high La3+ level (x?=?0.10 and 0.12), the ceramics exhibit weak ferroelectricity (P r?=?13.0-1.2?μm/cm2) and thus possess poor piezoelectricity (d 33?=?17-7?pC/N).