Preparation and properties of （K0.5Na0.5）NbO3-LiNbO3 ceramics

The lead-free piezoelectric ceramics （1-x）（K0.5Na0.5）NbO3-xLiNbO3（abbreviated as KNLN） were synthesized by a traditional solid state reaction. The effects of Li^＋ on the sintering characteristic, the phase structure and piezoelectric properties of KNLN ceramics were investigated. The sintering temperature of KNN-based ceramics is decreased by doping Li^＋ and the range of the sintering temperature is narrow. The KNLN ceramics exhibit an enhanced piezoelectric properties with the piezoelectric constant d33 value of 180-200 pC/N, The electromechanical coupling coefficients kp is 35%-40%. The results show that （1-x）（K0.5Na0.5）-NbO3-xLiNbO3 （x=0.05, 0.06） is a promising high-temperature lead free piezoelectric ceramic.