Piezoelectric Strontium Niobate and Calcium Niobate Ceramics with Super‐High Curie Points

The perovskite-like layer structured strontium niobate (Sr2Nb2O7) and calcium niobate (Ca2Nb2O7) are good candidates for high-temperature piezoelectric applications because of their high Curie points. Single-phase dense Sr2Nb2O7 and Ca2Nb2O7 ceramics with grain-oriented microstructures were prepared by spark plasma sintering using a two-step method. The Lotgering orientation factors were 0.86 and 0.70 for Sr2Nb2O7 and Ca2Nb2O7, respectively. The Tc of Sr2Nb2O7 and Ca2Nb2O7 were measured as 1327±5°C and above 1525°C, respectively. The dielectric, piezoelectric, ferroelectric properties, and direct-current electrical conductivity are higher along the directions perpendicular to the pressing direction compared with parallel. The piezoelectric constant d33 for Sr2Nb2O7 was 2.8±0.2 pC/N.

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