Piezoelectric ceramics of the (1 - x)Bi0.50Na0.50TiO3-xBa0.90Ca0.10TiO3 lead-free solid solution: Chemical shift of the morphotropic phase boundary, a case study for x = 0.06

Research and development of lead-free piezoelectric materials are still the hottest topics in the field of piezoelectricity. One of the most promising lead-free family of compounds to replace lead zirconate-titanate for actuators is that of BiNaTiO (BNT) based solid solutions. The pseudo-binary (1 -...

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Autores: Vivar-Ocampo, Rodrigo, Pardo, Lorena, Ávila, David, Morán, Emilio, González, Amador M., Bucio, Lauro, Villafuerte-Castrejón, María-Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/188801
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/188801
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bismuth sodium titanate
Morphotropic phase boundary
Ceramics
Piezoelectricity
Lead-free
Barium titanate
Solid state synthesis
Pechini synthesis route
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Sumario:Research and development of lead-free piezoelectric materials are still the hottest topics in the field of piezoelectricity. One of the most promising lead-free family of compounds to replace lead zirconate-titanate for actuators is that of BiNaTiO (BNT) based solid solutions. The pseudo-binary (1 - x)BiBiNaTiO-xBaCaTiO system has been proposed for high temperature capacitors and not yet fully explored as piezoelectric material. In this work, the solid solution with x = 0.06 and y = 0.10 was obtained by two different synthesis routes: solid state and Pechini, aiming at using reduced temperatures, both in synthesis (<800 °C) and sintering ( < 1150 °C), while maintaining appropriated piezoelectric performance. Crystal structure, ceramic grain size, and morphology depend on the synthesis route and were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, together with scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The effects of processing and ceramic microstructure on the structural, dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties were discussed in terms of a shift of the Morphotropic Phase Boundary, chemically induced by the synthesis route.