Mgbemere, Henry EkeneHenry EkeneMgbemereSchneider, Gerold A.Gerold A.Schneider2018-11-212018-11-212016-01-07Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 1 (4): 97-101 (2016-03-01)http://tubdok.tub.tuhh.de/handle/11420/1866Lead-free ferroelectric (K0.44Na0.52Li0.04)(Nb0.86Ta0.1Sb0.04)O3ceramics co-doped with different amounts of both La and Mn have been produced using solid-state synthesis method. The relative density values of the unmodified sample are between 92 and 96% and decreases to ~91% for the sample with 1 mol% of the co-doping. Bi-modal grain distribution is observed in the samples while the average grain size decreases with co-doping due to grain growth inhibition by pinning of the grain boundary movement. The diffraction patterns show a transformation from an orthorhombic phase to a pseudo-tetragonal phase with co-dopants addition. The Curie temperature and the tetragonal-orthorhombic transition temperatures are lowered from ~9000 at 330 °C without modification to ~4000 at temperatures below 250 °C with co-dopant addition. The dielectric loss values of the samples also decrease from ~0.4 to 0.05 for temperatures up to 250 °C with co-doping. The remnant polarisation Prof the samples decreases from ~8.55 kV/cm to ~6.57 kV/cm with co-dopant addition. The piezoelectric charge coefficient (d33), including the normalised strain values, also decrease from ~400 pm/V and 220 pC/N to 157 pm/V and 159 pC/N, respectively with co-dopants up to 1 mol%.en2187-07642016197101Elsevierhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ferroelectricslead-free ceramics(KxNa1−x)NbO3dopantsIngenieurwissenschaftenJournal Articleurn:nbn:de:gbv:830-882.02369310.15480/882.186311420/186610.1016/j.jascer.2015.12.00410.15480/882.1863Journal Article