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Dual relaxation behaviors and large electrostrictive properties of Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3–Sr0.85Bi0.1TiO3 ceramics

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Lead-free ceramics (1 − x)Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3–xSr0.85Bi0.1TiO3 (BNT–xSBT, x = 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7) were prepared by a solid-state reaction process. Coexistence of ferroelectric relaxation at low temperature and Maxwell–Wagner dielectric relaxation at high temperature was revealed for the first time in this system. Meanwhile, hysteresis-free P–E loops combined with a very high piezoelectric strain coefficient (d33) of 1658 pC/N concurrently with large electrostrictive coefficient Q = 0.287 m4C−2 were achieved. The ferroelectric relaxor behavior and large electrostrictive strain might be linked to easy reorientation and reversal of ergodic PNRs and the combined effect of Bi off-center position and lone pair electrons.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (61561015, 11564007 and 11664006) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (2017GXNSFDA198024 and 2016GXNSFAA 380069).

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    Jun Wang, Changrong Zhou, Qingning Li, Weidong Zeng, Jiwen Xu, Guohua Chen, Changlai Yuan & Guanghui Rao

  2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

    Jun Wang, Changrong Zhou, Jiwen Xu, Guohua Chen, Changlai Yuan & Guanghui Rao

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Wang, J., Zhou, C., Li, Q. et al. Dual relaxation behaviors and large electrostrictive properties of Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3–Sr0.85Bi0.1TiO3 ceramics. J Mater Sci 53, 8844–8854 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2186-7

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