Optimizing energy harvesting and electrostrain performances of eco-friendly (Bi0.49Sr0.01Na0.40K0.10TiO3)-based ceramics via designed thermal treatment
摘要
The aim of this research is to study the effects of thermal annealing treatment on phase, microstructure, piezoelectric, ferroelectric, electric field-induced strain, dielectric, and energy harvesting properties of the eco-friendly 0.80(Bi0.49Sr0.01Na0.40K0.10TiO3)-0.20BaTiO3 or 0.80BSrNKT-0.20BT piezoelectric ceramics. All ceramics were annealed with different annealing temperatures from 900 to 1000 °C for 12 h. With increasing annealing temperature, crystal structure was changed from a mixed rhombohedral–tetragonal to be more tetragonal-rich phase and gave rise to densification and electrical properties’ enhancement. The ceramic annealed at optimum temperature of 950 °C for 12 h exhibited excellence electrical performances, i.e., dielectric (εr = 988, tan δ = 0.0504, TF−R = 171 °C, Tm = 311 °C, εmax = 4914, γ = 1.69), ferroelectric (Pr = 31.94 μC/cm2, Ec = 32.58 kV/cm, Rsq = 1.98), electric field-induced strain (Smax = 0.37%, d*33 = 617 pm/V, Q33 = 0.0397 m4/C2), and piezoelectric (d33 = 224 pC/N, kp = 0.491, g33 = 25.61 × 10–3 Vm/N), Furthermore, the off-resonance figure of merit (FoM) for energy harvesting enhanced by 30% (5.74 pm2/N) after employing this technique. This ceramic also showed high power density (P) of 1.18 × 105 W/cm3 (@T = 175 °C, E = 60 kV/cm). The above results indicated that we can efficiently enhanced electrostrain, energy harvesting, and electrical performances via designed a suitable thermal annealing treatment, and suggesting that these ceramics can be considered candidate for actual actuator and energy harvesting applications.
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