Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Electrical Properties of Mn-modified CaBi4Ti4O15 Piezoelectrics for High Temperature Application

GU Da-Guo, LI Guo-Rong, ZHENG Liao-Ying, ZENG Jiang-Tao, DING Ai-Li, YIN Qing-Rui   

  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • Received:2007-05-28 Revised:2007-06-20 Published:2008-05-20 Online:2008-05-20

Abstract: Mn-modified CaBi4Ti4O15 (CBT+x mol% MnCO3) layer-structured piezoelectric ceramics were prepared by the solid state reaction technology. All samples have the same Curie temperature of 780℃, but the dielectric loss at high temperature is remarkably lowered by Mn addition. With increasing content of Mn, the remnant polarization is slightly decreased; the dielectric constant at room temperature decreases from 173 to 162; and the mechanical quality factor increases from 2700 to 4400. The piezoelectric constant d33 is enhanced from 7 to 14.5. The resistivity of 1.0mol% Mn modified sample is found to be 108 Ω·cm at 500℃, 50 times higher than that of pure CBT. The Arrehenius plot of Mn-modified CBT is fitted by 3 straight lines, while that of pure CBT is fitted by 2 straight lines. The results suggest that the Mn modified CBT is a potential material for high temperature sensing application.

Key words: piezoelectric ceramics, Mn-modified, resistivity, CaBi4Ti4O15

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