Studying the Effects of Nano Sintering Additives on Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Potassium-Sodium Niobate Piezoceramics

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1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran

2 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

3 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

Abstract

In this paper, lead free (K0.48,Na0.52)NbO3 (KNN(48-52)) piezoelectric ceramics were made by the conventional solid- state sintering process. In order to decrease the sintering temperature and modify the dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties, sintering additives of nano ZnO (n-ZnO), nano CuO (n-CuO) and nano SnO2 (n-SnO2) were used. Phase structure and microstructure were analyzed by using X-ray diffractometry and scanning electron microscopy techniques, and the EDX analysis was used to study the ZnO distribution at grains and grain boundaries. The highest piezoelectric constant of d33= 150 pC/N was obtained for KNN(48-52) with 0.6 mol% n-ZnO at a sintering temperature of 1070°C, which is two times larger than the pure KNN(48-52) at the sintering temperature of 1112 °C. Additionally, the KNN(48-52) ceramics co-doped with 0.8 mol% n-ZnO, 0.5 mol% n-CuO and 0.8 mol% n-SnO2, showed dielectric and piezoelectric properties of d33= 97 pC/N, tanδ = 0.006 and εr = 172 at the sintering temperature of 960 ºC, which were much better than corresponding values for pure KNN at 1110 ºC.

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  • Receive Date: 29 July 2018
  • Revise Date: 07 October 2018
  • Accept Date: 31 October 2018

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