摘要
With the rapid development of high-end industries,the demand for high-temperature piezoelectric materials is significantly increasing.However,realizing the ultra-high performance to meet more ap-plications still faces major scientific and engineering challenges of our time.Here,a new Nb/Mn co-doped CaBi_(4)Ti_(4)O_(15)(CBT)high-temperature piezoelectric material system of CaBi_(4)Ti_(4-x)(Nb_(2/3)Mn_(1/3))_(x)O_(15)was synthesized by the conventional solid-state sintering method.The results show that the addition of the dopants tends to break the long-range ferroelectric chain and soften the flexibility of polarization,resulting in more distorted crystal structure and better ferroelectric properties of CBT ceramics.The ultra-high piezoelectric constant(d_(33)=26.8 pC/N)is thus attained in CBT-based ceramics with x=0.12,which is about several times larger than that of pure CBT ceramics.Moreover,numerous nano-sized layered domain structures that lie on the lateral plane of grains are observed in ceramics,with lower domain wall energy and better dynamic features under electric fields,mainly responsible for the origin of enhanced performance.Besides,excess dopants could make the conductivity mechanism of CBT ceramics transform from p-type to n-type,and also result in a shift of conduction relaxation mechanism from defect dipole rotation polarization to electron relaxation polarization.The work not only provides a promising candidate for high-temperature piezoelectric materials,but also opens a window for opti-mizing performance by tailoring domain structures using chemical modification.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12102068 and 11832007)
Shaoxiong Xie acknowledges the support of JSPS International Research Fellowship(P21704).
