Influence of CeO2 doping amount on property of BCTZ lead-free piezoelectric ceramics sintered at low temperature

• Published in: Journal of rare earths Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 733 - 737
• Main Author: 黄新友 邢仁克 高春华 陈志刚
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2014
• Subjects: barium calcium zirconate and titanate; CeO2 doping; lead-free piezoelectric ceramics; Li2CO3; piezoelectric property; rare earths; 低温烧结; 扫描电子显微镜; 掺杂量; 无铅压电陶瓷; 机电耦合系数; 氧化铈; 陶瓷性能; CeO2 doping; barium calcium zirconate and titanate; piezoelectric property; lead-free piezoelectric ceramics; rare earths
• ISSN: 1002-0721; 2509-4963
• DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(14)60134-4

Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 （BCTZ） lead-free piezoelectric ceramics co-doped with CeO2 （x=0.1 wt.%, 0.2 wt.%, 0.3 wt.%, 0.4 wt.%, 0.5 wt.%） and Li2CO3 （0.6 wt.%） were prepared by conventional solid-state reaction method. Influence of CeO2 doping amount on the piezoelectric properties, dielectric properties, phase composition and microstructure of prepared BCTZ lead-free piezoelectric ceramics doped with Li2CO3 were investigated by X-ray diffraction （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and other analytical methods. The results showed that the sintered temperature of BCTZ lead-free piezoelectric ceramics doped with CeO2 decreased greatly when Li2CO3 doping amount was 0.6 wt.%;a pure perovskite structure of BCTZ lead-free piezoelectric ceramics co-doped with Li2CO3 and CeO2 and sintered at 1050 ℃ could also be obtained. The piezoelectric constant （d33）, the relative permit-tivity （εr） and the planar electromechanical coupling factor （kp） of BCTZ ceramics doped with Li2CO3 increased firstly and then de-creased, the dielectric loss （tanδ） decreased firstly and then increased and decreased at last when CeO2 doping amount increased. The influence of CeO2 doping on the properties of BCTZ lead-free piezoelectric ceramics doped with Li2CO3 were caused by“soft effect”and “hard effect”piezoelectric additive and causing lattice distortion. When CeO2 doping amount （x） was 0.2 wt.%, the BCTZ ceramics doped with Li2CO3 （0.6 wt.%） and sintered at 1050 ℃ possessed the best piezoelectric property and dielectric property with d33 of 436 pC/N, kp of 48.3%,εr of 3650, tanδof 1.5%.