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Rare-earth doped (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 multifunctional ceramics

  • Juan Du*
  • , Zhijun Xu
  • , Ruiqing Chu
  • , Jigong Hao
  • , Wei Li
  • , Guicheng Jiang
  • , Peng Zheng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Liaocheng University
  • Hangzhou Dianzi University

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Abstract

Rare-earth elements Dy3+, Er3+, Eu3+ and Pr3+-doped (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 ceramics were prepared by traditional solid-state sintering method. The structure, piezoelectric, ferroelectric and photoluminescence properties of the samples were investigated. All ceramics possessed orthorhombic perovsktie structures at room temperature without impurity phases. The ceramics were well sintered and displayed considerably dense microstructure and inhomogeneous grain size distributions. Good ferroelectricity could be realized in the proposed compositions. All KNN-RE ceramics exhibited photoluminescence effects. The KNN-Pr sample showed little degradation in both switchable polarization and the converse piezoelectric coefficients d33* after 105 switching cycles, meanwhile, it had the highest photoluminescence intensity. The work provides an alternative routine to develop new multifunctional materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5288-5294
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Volume28
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2017

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