Abstract
Improvement of the electrocaloric (EC) effect was investigated in the lead-free (Na,Bi)TiO3 (NBT)-based ferroelectric ceramics fabricated by a Sol-Gel flame synthetic approach. It is found that the NBT-based samples with the compositions located at the morphotropic phase boundary exhibit superior EC entropy change (ΔS) and temperature change (ΔT). The highest ΔS of 2.20 J kg-1 K-1, ΔT of 1.50 K and the EC coefficient (ΔT/ΔE) of 0.030 K cm kV-1 are obtained in the 0.94NBT-0.06BaTiO3 ceramic. The ΔT/ΔE value of the 0.94NBT-0.06BaTiO3 ceramic is significantly higher than that of lead-free ferroelectric materials reported so far and is comparable to the values of the lead-containing materials.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9273-9278 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Ceramics International |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 7 PART A |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- C. Ferroelectric properties
- Electrocaloric effect
- NBT-based ceramics
- Sol-Gel flame synthetic
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