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Electro-caloric behaviors of lead-free Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-BaTiO3 ceramics

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Electro-caloric (EC) properties of lead-free Ba0.5Na0.5TiO3-xBaTiO3 (BNT-xBT) ceramics prepared by citrate method are investigated at temperatures of 30–250°C. Based on thermodynamics calculations, BNT-xBT (x = 0, 0.05, 0.06, 0.1, 0.25, 0.3) are found to show EC effects different with other lead-based or lead-free ferroelectric ceramics, i.e., they absorb heats (refrigeration effect) during the processes of field application while other ferroelectric ceramics show refrigeration effect during the processes of field removal. The EC temperature change of BNT-xBT can be as large as 2.1°C under an electric field of 60 kV/cm, which is larger than most of the lead-free ferroelectric bulk ceramics. When x is close to the morphotropic phase boundary (x ~ 0.06–0.1), the EC temperature change of BNT-xBT shows a maximum near the ferroelectric to anti-ferroelectric transition temperature, which is characterized by dynamic mechanical analysis. This study suggests that these lead-free ferroelectric materials are promising in the practical application as EC coolers.

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The authors are grateful for the financial supports provided by the Innovative Technology Funds of Hong Kong (Project No. ITS/314/09), the Research Funds of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Project No. A-PK81).

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    Xiu-Cheng Zheng, Guang-Ping Zheng, Zheng Lin & Zhi-Yuan Jiang

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Zheng, XC., Zheng, GP., Lin, Z. et al. Electro-caloric behaviors of lead-free Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-BaTiO3 ceramics. J Electroceram 28, 20–26 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-011-9673-4

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