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Piezoelectric materials are used in a wide range of applications, with lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramics being the dominant family of materials, due to high piezoelectric coefficients, dielectric permittivity and coupling factors. The high properties ...
We report Raman spectroscopy in all four phases of a (K0.5+delta Na0.5-delta)NbO3 (delta similar to 0.03) crystal and ((K0.5+delta Na0.5-delta)(1-x)Li-x)NbO3 for x=0.02 and 0.03. The phase transitions in the Li-free crystal are homogeneous and hysteretic, ...
The reasons for the lower piezoelectric properties in the most studied lead-free piezoelectrics, modified (K,Na)NbO3 and (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3, are discussed. Contributions from domain wall motion and properties at the morphotropic phase boundary are considered ...