钛酸铋钠基无铅铁电陶瓷场致应变性能研究

钛酸铋钠(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃(BNT)作为典型的钙钛矿型弛豫铁电体, 具有超高的场致应变, 是最有希望代替铅基体系的无铅压电体系之一。与铅基陶瓷相比, BNT基陶瓷具有驱动电压较高、迟滞较大以及温度稳定性差等劣势。为了优化无铅驱动器的应变性能, 本研究采用固相反应法制备(1-x){0.76(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃-0.24SrTiO₃}-xNaNbO₃(BNT- ST-xNN, x=0~0.03)无铅铁电陶瓷。结果表明, 当x=0.01时, 该陶瓷在较低电场(E=4 kV/mm)下的应变值可达到0.278%, 等效压电系数d^*₃₃高达695 pm/V。此时, 陶瓷处于非遍历/遍历弛豫相界处, 电场诱导弛豫-铁电相变导致大场致应变。与x=0.01相比, x=0.02时应变值为0.249%, 略微下降, 但迟滞却降低至43%。此外, 该应变在25~100 ℃温度范围内维持稳定。本研究表明, 在BNT基陶瓷中固溶SrTiO₃和NaNbO₃组元可以提高场致应变值, 同时维持较低的驱动电场和良好的温度稳定性, 可用于压电驱动器研制。

Field-induced Strain Property of Lead-free Ferroelectric Ceramics Based on Sodium Bismuth Titanate

Piezoelectric actuators have advantages of fast response, high positioning accuracy, small size, and have received widespread attention in the field of precision drives. Lead-based piezoelectric actuators occupy the main commercial market. To avoid the use of the harmful element lead, a lead-free piezoelectric materials and actuators must be developed. Among them, bismuth sodium titanate (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃ (BNT), was reported but it has some disadvantages of higher driving voltage, larger hysteresis, and poor temperature stability. To optimize the strain performance of the lead-free actuator, this study adopted the solid-phase reaction method to prepare (1-x) {0.76(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃- 0.24SrTiO₃}-xNaNbO₃ (BNT-ST-xNN, x=0-0.03) lead-free ferroelectric ceramics, systematically studied its field- induced strain performance. The results show that when x=0.01, the strain value of the ceramic can reach 0.278% under a low electric field (E = 4 kV/mm), and the piezoelectric coefficient d^*₃₃ is as high as 695 pm/V. Meanwhile, the ceramic is at the non-ergodic/ergodic relaxation phase boundary, and the electric field induced relaxor-ferroelectric phase transition leads to large field-induced strain. Compared with x=0.01, the strain value at x=0.02 is 0.249%, which is slightly reduced, but the hysteresis is significantly reduced to 43% of the comparator. In addition, the strain remains stable in the temperature range of 25-100 ℃. This study shows that introduction of SrTiO₃ and NaNbO₃ into BNT can increase the field-induced strain value while maintaining a low driving voltage and good temperature stability, indicating suitable for the development of piezoelectric actuators.