Low-temperature sintering and electrical properties of Sr2Nb2O7 piezoceramics by CuO addition

Tao Chen, Ruihong Liang, Kai Jiang, Zhigao Hu, Zhiyong Zhou*, Xianlin Dong

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Abstract

Effects of 0.5 wt% CuO addition on the sintering, structural and electrical properties of perovskite layer structured (PLS) Sr2Nb2O7 ceramics prepared by solid-state reaction method are investigated. The addition of CuO is beneficial to the liquid phase bridge formation at sintering process, leading to lower sintering temperature of 1180°C and larger bulk density up to 98%. Meanwhile, CuO modified Sr2Nb2O7 ceramics show a remarkable d33 of (1.1 ± 0.1) pC/N while still with a very high Tc of (1340 ± 2)°C. Raman spectra indicate that the improvement of piezoelectricity could be attributed to the rotation and/or distortion of oxygen octahedron caused by possible Cu2+ substitution at the A-sites of Sr2Nb2O7.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2397-2401
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume100
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2017

Keywords

  • densification
  • electrical properties
  • layered ceramics
  • materials/properties
  • piezoelectric

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