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Effect of sintering temperature on the electrical properties of pristine BF-35BT piezoelectric ceramics

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In this study, 0.65Bi1.05FeO3–0.35BaTiO3 (BF-35BT) lead-free piezoelectric ceramics were prepared using a conventional solid-state method to determine the effects of sintering temperature on their microstructures and electrical properties. The average grain size increased with sintering temperature, but not significantly, and the relative density of the ceramics increased and then decreased at high sintering temperatures due to the volatilization of Bi2O3. At the optimal sintering temperature (1030 °C), BF-35BT ceramics showed minimum coercive field (Ec) with enhanced remanent polarization (Pr) and consequently resulted in a high converse piezoelectric coefficient (d*33) value of 305 pm/V. The results indicate that the optimum sintering temperature, maximum relative density, and appropriate grain size, which are significantly related to the domain size and configuration, as well as the minimum concentration of associated charged defects, are critical factors that influence the piezoelectric performance of BF-35BT ceramics.

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This study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant, funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) (2018R1A2B6005044), and also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018R1D1A1B07041634).

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    Salman Ali Khan, Tauseef Ahmed, Fazli Akram, Jihee Bae, Soo Yong Choi, Tran Thi Thanh, Mingyu Kim, Tae Kwon Song, Myong-Ho Kim & Soonil Lee

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea

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Khan, S.A., Ahmed, T., Akram, F. et al. Effect of sintering temperature on the electrical properties of pristine BF-35BT piezoelectric ceramics. J. Korean Ceram. Soc. 57, 290–295 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43207-020-00039-8

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