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Wiley, Advanced Functional Materials, 12(20), p. 1924-1929, 2010

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201000284

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Domain Engineering of Lead-Free Li-Modified (K,Na)NbO3 Polycrystals with Highly Enhanced Piezoelectricity

Journal article published in 2010 by Ke Wang ORCID, Jing-Feng Li ORCID
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Abstract

Aging and re-poling induced enhancement of piezoelectricity are found in (K,Na)NbO3 (KNN)-based lead-free piezoelectric ceramics. For a compositionally optimized Li-doped composition, its piezoelectric coefficient d33 can be increased up to 324 pC N−1 even from a considerably high value (190 pC N−1) by means of a re-poling treatment after room-temperature aging. Such a high d33 value is only reachable in KNN ceramics with complicated modifications using Ta and Sb dopants. High-angle X-ray diffraction analysis reveals apparent changes in the crystallographic orientations related to a 90° domain switching before and after the aging and re-poling process. A possible mechanism considering both defect migration and rotation of spontaneous polarization explains the experimental results. The present study provides a general approach towards piezoelectric response enhancement in KNN-based piezoelectric ceramics.