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The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and functional properties of BCZT-xCeO2 lead free ceramics

BIJALWAN, V.; HUGHES, H.; POOLADVAND, H.; TOFEL, P.; NAN, B.; HOLCMAN, V.; BAI, Y.; BUTTON, T.

Original Title

The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and functional properties of BCZT-xCeO2 lead free ceramics

English Title

The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and functional properties of BCZT-xCeO2 lead free ceramics

Type

WoS Article

Original Abstract

We report (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3+x wt.% CeO2 lead free piezoelectric ceramics fabricated by conventional solid-state reaction routes. The phase structure, microstructure and functional properties have been systematically investigated. The morphotropic phase boundary was investigated in the range of x=0 - 0.1%. A comparative study of their functional properties as a function of sintering temperature is presented. The study shows the important role of sintering temperature and grain size on the functional properties of these ceramics. Enhanced properties are observed for x=0.07% at a sintering temperature 200 °C lower than for pure BCZT, in which, d33=507 ± 20 pC/N, kp=51.8%, εr=4091 ± 100, tan δ=0.02, Pr=16.32 μm/cm2, EC=2.13 kV/ cm and TC =104.6 °C indicating that these ceramics are promising lead-free substitutes for the widely used lead-based ceramics.

English abstract

We report (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3+x wt.% CeO2 lead free piezoelectric ceramics fabricated by conventional solid-state reaction routes. The phase structure, microstructure and functional properties have been systematically investigated. The morphotropic phase boundary was investigated in the range of x=0 - 0.1%. A comparative study of their functional properties as a function of sintering temperature is presented. The study shows the important role of sintering temperature and grain size on the functional properties of these ceramics. Enhanced properties are observed for x=0.07% at a sintering temperature 200 °C lower than for pure BCZT, in which, d33=507 ± 20 pC/N, kp=51.8%, εr=4091 ± 100, tan δ=0.02, Pr=16.32 μm/cm2, EC=2.13 kV/ cm and TC =104.6 °C indicating that these ceramics are promising lead-free substitutes for the widely used lead-based ceramics.

Keywords

Lead free ceramics Sintering temperature Grain size XRD

Key words in English

Lead free ceramics Sintering temperature Grain size XRD

Authors

BIJALWAN, V.; HUGHES, H.; POOLADVAND, H.; TOFEL, P.; NAN, B.; HOLCMAN, V.; BAI, Y.; BUTTON, T.

RIV year

2020

Released

01.06.2019

Publisher

MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Location

ENGLAND

ISBN

0025-5408

Periodical

MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Volume

114

Number

1

State

United States of America

Pages from

121

Pages to

129

Pages count

9

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540818328605?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT157446,
  author="Vijay {Bijalwan} and Hana {Hughes} and Hojat {Pooladvand} and Pavel {Tofel} and Bo {Nan} and Vladimír {Holcman} and Yang {Bai} and Timothy William {Button}",
  title="The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and functional
properties of BCZT-xCeO2 lead free ceramics",
  journal="MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN",
  year="2019",
  volume="114",
  number="1",
  pages="121--129",
  doi="10.1016/j.materresbull.2019.02.031",
  issn="0025-5408",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540818328605?via%3Dihub"
}