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Enhanced electric field induced strain in complex-ion Ga3+ and Ta5+-doped 0.93BNT-0.07BT piezoceramic

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The 0.93(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-0.07BaTiO3 doped with different amount of (Ga0.5Ta0.5)4+ complex-ion from 0 to 4 mol% (abbreviated as BNBT-100xGT) ceramics were prepared. Phase analysis revealed that up to x = 0.035, Ga3+ and Ta5+ completely dissolve in BNBT perovskite structure and substitute in B-site. Increase in x more than 0.02 resulted in formation of pinched P-E loops accompanied by sharp decrease in Pr. This observation can be attributed to the phase transition from ferroelectric (FE) to a non-polar ergodic relaxor (ER) which could be transformed reversibly to a FE phase by applying an electric field. According to temperature-dependence dielectric constant results, transition temperature from FE to ER phase decreased and for ceramic with x = 0.03 shifted to lower than room temperature with increasing GT content. As a result, enhanced unipolar electric field-induced strain (0.4% under 60 kV/cm) corresponding to d33* of 667 pm/V was obtained in this ceramic. The large electrostrain is accompanied with relatively large hysteresis, which should be lowered for actuator applications. However (Ga0.5Ta0.5)4+ complex-ion doping of BNT-based ceramics, could be considered as an efficient approach to enhance electrical properties, especially electrostrain characteristic of these ceramics, as competitive alternatives to lead-based ceramics.

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JS Lee acknowledges financial support from a National Research Foundation (NRF) of Republic of Korea Grant (2016R1D1A3B01008169) and HS Han acknowledges financial support from a National Research Foundation (NRF) of Republic of Korea Grant (2020R1C1C1007375).

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    Hyoung-Su Han & Jae-Shin Lee

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Bafandeh, M.R., Han, HS. & Lee, JS. Enhanced electric field induced strain in complex-ion Ga3+ and Ta5+-doped 0.93BNT-0.07BT piezoceramic. J Electroceram 47, 89–99 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-021-00264-5

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