Journal of Advanced Dielectrics (Aug 2024)

Enhanced electrical properties and Vickers hardness of calcium bismuth niobate ceramics by W/Co substituted at B-site

  • Fei Wang,
  • Jia Yang,
  • Qing Yang,
  • Ning Chen,
  • Xinji Yang,
  • Mingyue Mo,
  • Jie Xing,
  • Zhi Tan,
  • Zhongqing Tian,
  • Fancheng Meng,
  • Yuheng Guo,
  • Huixing Lin,
  • Jianguo Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010135X24400198
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 04

Abstract

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Calcium bismuth niobate (CBN) ceramic, as a core element of high-temperature piezoelectric sensors, has attracted widespread attention due to its high Curie temperature within the class of Aurivillius compounds. However, CBN usually faces two shortcomings: poor piezoelectric constant and low resistivity. In this work, CBN-based ceramics with donor–acceptor ions (W/Co) co-substituted at B-site were prepared by solid-state reaction method, and structure–property relationship of ceramics was studied in detail. Co-substitution of W/Co ions effectively improved the electrical property and hardness of CBN ceramics. CaBi2Nb[Formula: see text](W[Formula: see text]Co[Formula: see text]O9 exhibits enhanced electrical and mechanical properties including high resistivity of [Formula: see text]cm at 500°C, piezoelectric constant of [Formula: see text] pC/N and hardness value of [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]GPa. These values are two orders of magnitude, over two times, and 1.36 times higher than those of pure CBN ceramic, respectively. This work provides a reference for exploring other bismuth-layered structural ceramics.

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