A rational designed multi-layered structure to improve the temperature stability of Li modified (K,Na)NbO3 piezoceramics

The temperature dependent properties of (K,Na)NbO3-based piezoelectric materials enlightened us that the combination of compositions gradient could remedy the fluctuation of the electrical properties induced by the temperature variation. Then Li modified (K,Na)NbO3 ceramics was chosen as target materials and a multi-layered structure containing a series of composition gradient layers was prepared via a conventional solid state reaction. The results of relative permittivity against temperature demonstrated that the as-called relaxor feature was observed in this proposed multi-layered structure and the change rate of the dielectric anomaly peak got evidently reduced. Besides, the field-induced strain varying less than 10% from the room temperature to 100 °C was also achieved in this layered-structure ceramics. Moreover, the investigation here could render us an important reference for designing ferroelectric materials to satisfy the diversified requirements in the functional device.