Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Characterization of Strain vs Field of PBNN Piezoelectric Ceramic withTungsten Bronze Structure

CHEN Da-Ren; LI Guo-Rong   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
  • Received:1997-12-29 Revised:1998-02-26 Published:1998-08-10 Online:1998-08-10

Abstract: The characterizations of strain S with electric E in converse piezoelectric effect for [Pbx(Ba, Sr)1-x]4(Na0.88Li0.12)2Nb10O30 x=0.64
(PBNN) piezoelectric ceramic with tungsten bronze (T.B.) structure were studied. The excellent micro-displacement properties, such as high
linearity, low hysteresis and high coercive field, were exhibited for PBNN ceramic, which were suitable to prepare servo piezoelectric
actuators. According to X-ray diffraction structure analysis and measurement results of the relation of S with E, it was shown that
in the PBNN piezoelectric ceramic with T.B. structure only the 180° switch of the domain exists without 90° switch of the domain, which inherently exists in PZT based piezoelectric
ceramics with peroveskite (P.S.) structure. For PBNN ceramic the excellent characterization of S with E was due to their no 90°
switch of the domain. It is found that by more carefully measuring and analyzing the curve of S with E a slight increase of slope (about 5%)
occurs at a higher electric field ~350V/mm, which had been explained from pseudo-orthorhombic crystal structure of PBNN ceramic.

Key words: piezoelectric ceramic, tungsten bronze crystal structure, converse piezoelectric effect, piezo-actuator, 90° switch of the domain

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