Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-15-2013
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
114
First Page
154102
DOI
10.1063/1.4825213
Abstract
Chemically modified (K0.5 Na 0.5)NbO3 compositions with finely tuned polymorphic phase boundaries (PPBs) have shown excellent piezoelectric properties. The evolution of the domain morphology and crystal structure under applied electric fields of a model material, 0.948(K0.5Na 0.5)NbO3–0.052LiSbO3, was directly visualized using in situ transmission electron microscopy. The in situ observations correlate extremely well with measurements of the electromechanical response on bulk samples. It is found that the origin of the excellentpiezoelectric performance in this lead-free composition is due to a tilted monoclinic phase that emerges from the PPB when poling fields greater than 14 kV/cm are applied.
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Copyright Owner
American Institute of Physics
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
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application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Guo, Hanzheng; Zhang, Shujun; Beckman, Scott P.; and Tan, Xiaoli, "Microstructural origin for the piezoelectricity evolution in (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based lead-free ceramics" (2013). Materials Science and Engineering Publications. 9.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/mse_pubs/9
Comments
The following article appeared in Journal of Applied Physics 114 (2013): 154102 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4825213.