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Impact of Er addition on the electrical, optical, and transmittance characteristics of 0.91KNN–0.09SMT ferroelectric ceramics

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Er-doped 0.91(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3–0.09Sr(Mg0.5Ta0.5)O3 transparent fluorescent ceramics were prepared according to the traditional solid-phase method. The (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 (KNN) ceramics were modified by introducing the second group elements Sr(Mg0.5Ta0.5)O3 and the rare-earth ions Er3+. Transparent ceramics' structural, optical, and electrical characteristics as a result of the effects of Er3+, investigations were done using 0.91KNN–0.09SMT: y wt% Er. Results show that the representative 0.91KNN–0.09SMT: 0.1 wt% Er ceramics sample has a light transmittance of 60% in the near infrared (1000 nm) band, and the optical band gap (Eg) is found to be 2.62 eV. Phase structure analysis has revealed that the doping of Er3+ does not alter the structure of the ceramic's pseudo-cube phase. Er-doped KNN-SMT ceramics exhibit better up-conversion luminescence properties and also retain electrical properties. The Er3+ makes the doped ceramics have luminescence properties upconverting. With the increase of doping amount, the luminescence intensity of ceramics increases gradually at first and then decreases. Moreover, the ceramic also has some features for energy storage.

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This work is supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (61965007) and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, (Guilin University of Electronic Technology), P. R. China (201007-Z).

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Wang, L., Wang, J., Liu, K. et al. Impact of Er addition on the electrical, optical, and transmittance characteristics of 0.91KNN–0.09SMT ferroelectric ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1038 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10455-1

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