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High strain response and low hysteresis in BaZrO3-modified KNN-based lead-free relaxor ceramics

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The high driving electric field and the large strain hysteresis are subject to a challenge for piezoelectric actuators’ practical applications. In order to obtain the piezoceramics with giant strain and low hysteresis at small electric field, a ternary solid solution (0.97-x)(K0.48Na0.52)Nb0.965Sb0.035–0.03Bi0.5(K0.18Na0.82)0.5ZrO3-xBaZrO3 (x = 0–0.06) was designed and synthesized by the traditional solid-state reaction method. The relationships among phase transition, microstructure, and electrical properties of the ceramics samples were systemically investigated. Under a low electric field of 4 kV/mm, the ceramic with x = 0.02 obtained a high bipolar strain of 0.29% (Smax/Emax = 729 pm/V) and a low hysteresis of 13.8%. The excellent piezoelectric properties are mainly attributed to rhombohedral–orthorhombic–tetragonal (R–O–T) phase boundary and the relaxor-to-ferroelectric phase transition. We believe that our research can not only provide the pathway of achieving KNN-based ceramics with high strain and low hysteresis but also promote the practical application of lead-free piezoelectric actuators.

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This work was supported by the Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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  1. The State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Jian Zhang, Zixuan Liu, Tao Zhang, Yunfei Liu & Yinong Lyu

  2. Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing, China

    Jian Zhang, Zixuan Liu, Tao Zhang, Yunfei Liu & Yinong Lyu

  3. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing, China

    Jian Zhang, Zixuan Liu, Tao Zhang, Yunfei Liu & Yinong Lyu

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Zhang, J., Liu, Z., Zhang, T. et al. High strain response and low hysteresis in BaZrO3-modified KNN-based lead-free relaxor ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 16715–16725 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06229-2

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