Multifunctionality in (K,Na)NbO3-based ceramic near polymorphic phase boundaryShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Journal of Applied Physics, ISSN 0021-8979, E-ISSN 1089-7550, Vol. 130, no 6, article id 064102Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The 0.95K0.42Na0.58Nb0.96Sb0.04O3–0.02BaZrO3–0.03Bi0.5K0.5HfO3 ceramic was fabricated via a conventional solid-state reaction. This ceramic exhibits the diffuse polymorphic phase boundary (PPB) near room temperature. The dielectric, ferroelectric, electromechanical, electrocaloric, and dielectric energy storage properties were studied systemically. The normalized large signal d33* values are approximately 400–600 pm/V at measured temperatures and electric fields, which are larger than or comparable with the values reported in other lead-free compositions. The electrocaloric strength is enhanced at the broad region of PPB provided by the indirect and direct measurements. At low field of 30 kV/cm, the dielectric energy storage is ∼0.12–018 J/cm3 at relative broad temperature range due to the diffuse nature of polymorphic phase boundary. Theoretical simulations reveal that multi-element dopants, such as Sb5+, Hf4+, Zr4+, and Bi3+ ions, could induce the breaking of local structure symmetry in the orthorhombic phase to form the PPB. In addition, the charge distribution may also break the long-range ferroelectric order through the analysis of Bader charge. Our study suggests that the K0.5Na0.5NbO3-based ceramic exhibits improved performance and good thermal stability in piezoelectric, electrocaloric, and dielectric energy storage characteristics in terms of the design of multi-element dopants to form the PPB and it will benefit the promising applications in electronic devices.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2021. Vol. 130, no 6, article id 064102
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Research subject
Applied Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86873DOI: 10.1063/5.0056041ISI: 000684345800005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85112770701OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-86873DiVA, id: diva2:1588438
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Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-09-01 (alebob);
Forskningsfinansiär: National Science Foundation of China (51772238, 51372042, 51872053); Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (ZR2018BA028); Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2015A030308004); NSFC-Guangdong Joint Fund (U1501246); Dongguan Frontier Research Project (2019622101006); Advanced Energy Scienceand Technology Guangdong Provincial Laboratory Foshan Branch-Foshan Xianhu Laboratory Open Fund-Key Project (XHT2020-011)
2021-08-272021-08-272025-10-21Bibliographically approved