To fabricate high-performance lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
both the solid-state reaction method and the hydrothermal method were used to synthesize the (K
x
Na
1-
x
)NbO
3
(KNN) lead-free ceramic powders in this work. The ceramic powders were shaped using press forming method at different pressures and the sintering properties of ceramics fabricated from different powders were investigated. Then
the relationship between the account of PVA and the density of ceramics was discussed. The piezoelectric constants of the KNN ceramics polarized at the different voltages
and the dielectric constants against temperatures were also measured. The results show that the powder prepared by hydrothermal method has better sinterability compared to that prepared by solid-state reaction method. Moreover
the addition of K content lowers the sinterability of ceramics. The density of ceramics is very sensitive to the sintering temperature. The K
0.5
Na
0.5
NbO
3
ceramics fabricated at 1 050 ℃ for 2 h has higher
d
33
(90 pC/N)
and its Curie temperature is 410 ℃.
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