Lead-free piezoceramic material based on bismuth sodium titanate (BST)
11618717 · 2023-04-04
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Inventors
- Eberhard Hennig (Mörsdorf, DE)
- Antje Kynast (Leipzig, DE)
- Michael Töpfer (Arnstadt, DE)
- Michael Hofmann (Neustadt an der Orla, DE)
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C04B2235/3213
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C04B2235/96
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C04B35/62645
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C04B2235/3298
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International classification
C04B35/626
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Abstract
The invention relates to a lead-free piezoceramic material based on bismuth sodium titanate (BST) having the following parent composition: x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zSrTiO.sub.3 where x+y+z=1 and 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0≤z≤0.07 or x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zCaTiO.sub.3 where x+y+z=1 and 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z≤0.05 or x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-y(Bi.sub.0.5K.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-zBaTiO.sub.3 where x+y+z=1 and 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0≤z<1, characterized by addition of a phosphorus-containing material in a quantity that gives a phosphorus concentration of from 100 to 2000 ppm in the piezoceramic material.
Claims
1. A lead-free piezoceramic material based on bismuth sodium titanate (BST) of the fundamental composition x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zSrTiO.sub.3 with x+y+z=1 and 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0≤z≤0.07 or x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zCaTiO.sub.3 with x+y+z=1 and 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0≤z≤0.05 characterized by the addition of a phosphoric material in a quantity such that the concentration of phosphorus in the piezoceramic material is 100 to 2000 ppm, wherein the specification ppm (parts per million) relates to the mass of phosphorus in relation to the total mass of the piezoceramic composition.
2. The lead-free piezoceramic material based on bismuth sodium titanate (BST) according to claim 1, wherein the fundamental composition is x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zSrTiO.sub.3 with y≥0.1 and x+y+z=1 or x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zCaTiO.sub.3 with y≥0.1 and x+y+z=1.
3. The lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 1, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is an inorganic phosphate.
4. The lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 3, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is hydrogen phosphate.
5. The lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 3, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is dihydrogen phosphate.
6. The lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 1, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is selected from the group which consists of KH.sub.2PO.sub.4, (NH.sub.4)H.sub.2PO.sub.4.
7. The lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 1, characterized in that the fundamental composition further contains additives in the form of oxides or complex perovskites.
8. A method of producing the lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 1, comprising the following steps: producing a raw material mixture of the fundamental composition, producing a calcinate of the fundamental composition, finely grinding the calcinate, producing a granulate in particular by spray granulation or producing a casting slurry for the multilayer or “co-firing” process, further processing in a known manner including sintering in normal atmosphere, wherein phosphoric additives are added during the fine grinding or the spray granulation and/or during the preparation of casting slurries.
9. A piezoceramic multilayer actuator comprising the lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 1.
10. A piezoceramic component having at least one piezoceramic body having at least two electrodes or in the form of a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer, comprising the lead-free piezoceramic material according to claim 1.
11. A method of using a phosphoric material in a piezoceramic material comprising bismuth sodium titanate (BST) of the fundamental composition x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zSrTiO.sub.3 with x+y+z=1 and 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0≤z≤0.07 or x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zCaTiO.sub.3 with x+y+z=1 and 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0≤z≤0.05 to reduce the giant grain growth, wherein the phosphoric material is used in a quantity such that the concentration of phosphorus in the piezoceramic material is 100 to 2000 ppm, wherein the specification ppm (parts per million) relates to the mass of phosphorus in relation to the total mass of the piezoceramic composition.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the fundamental composition is x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zSrTiO.sub.3 with y≥0.1 and x+y+z=1 or x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zCaTiO.sub.3 with y≥0.1 and x+y+z=1.
13. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is an inorganic phosphate.
14. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is selected from the group which consists of KH.sub.2PO.sub.4, (NH.sub.4)H.sub.2PO.sub.4.
15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is hydrogen phosphate.
16. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the phosphoric compound is dihydrogen phosphate.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS(S)
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EXAMPLES
(13) The measurement results set forth hereafter relate to the fundamental system x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zSrTiO.sub.3.
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(15) The mixing of the raw materials and the fine grinding of the calcinate were each performed in an agitator bead mill.
(16) Phosphoric additions were performed specifically during the following technological steps:
(17) TABLE-US-00004 FM fine grinding G addition during the granulation VS addition during the organic slurrying for the film production
(18) The structure characterization was performed according to the following classification:
(19) TABLE-US-00005 0 material not processable 1 fine-grained, homogeneous structure 2 inhomogeneous structure, giant grain growth 3 coarse-grained structure
(20) The sample density was determined on sintered cylinders according to the buoyancy method and is specified either as a mean value for the specified sintering temperature or as the “density in g/cm.sup.3>” for the lowest sintering temperature having measurable electrical values in the specified temperature range.
(21) For the electrical measurements, metallized samples having a diameter of 12 mm, an insulation edge of 0.5 mm, and a thickness of 0.5 mm were used. The polarization was performed at 80° C., 15 minutes, 5 kV/mm.
(22) Samples having strong variation of the measured values, disturbance of the resonance curves, or excessively low maximum phase angle in the radial or thickness oscillation are identified by “S”.
(23) The coupling factors of the radio and thickness oscillation are k.sub.p and k.sub.t, respectively.
(24) The depolarization temperature T.sub.d is generally defined as the inflection point in the temperature dependence of the dielectric constant of polarized samples.
(25) The specific insulation resistance ρ.sub.is is determined at 50 V on polarized samples with temperature increase from room temperature up to 200° C.
(26) The electromechanical elongation S.sub.3 is determined by means of laser interferometer at 2 kV/mm. The value at room temperature and the associated sample current I are specified in the table.
(27) Characteristic values in the studied temperature range are shown in Table 2.
(28) The diagrams and light microscopy structure recordings relate to the composition defined in the table under the respective sample number.
(29) The prior art and the deficiencies to be remedied are to be described in greater detail hereafter:
(30) TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 1 sintering Density No. x y z ρ in ppm temperature ° C. in g/cm.sup.3 Structure S ε 1a 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1120 5.2 1 460 1b 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1140 5.5 1 S 570 1c 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1160 5.6 1 530 1d 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1180 5.7 2 590 1e 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1200 5.7 3 S 480 1f 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1220 5.7 3 S 480 ρ.sub.is in Ωm ρ.sub.is in Ωm RT, 2 kV/mm No. tanδ × 10.sup.3 kp kt Td in ° C. (RT) (150° C.) S3 × 10.sup.3 I in A 1a 16 0.12 0.37 215 6.1E+08 8.0E+05 0.25 6.9E−07 1b 119 0.10 0.21 210 2.0E+08 1.0E+06 0.19 3.2E−06 1c 13 0.12 0.40 210 1.1E+10 1.8E+06 0.23 3.8E−07 1d 16 0.13 0.41 210 1.8E+10 4.0E+06 0.27 4.1E−07 1e 44 0 0 220 1.9E+09 3.6E+06 0.31 5.5E−07 1f 79 0 0 230 9.1E+08 1.9E+06 0.32 3.1E−07
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(32) The corresponding light microscopy structure recordings (
(33) The extreme drop of the insulation resistance with the sample temperature has proven to be disadvantageous (
(34) The non-tolerable electrical conductivity is clearly recognizable in the depiction of the sample current at higher electrical field strengths and higher temperatures (
(35) The depiction of the curve of impedance and phase of the thickness oscillation for the samples sintered at different temperatures (
(36) The data are summarized in Table 1.
(37) It is therefore shown that none of the applied sintering temperatures results in sufficiently good and reproducible electrical or electromechanical values and the previous technology is not suitable for large-scale industrial production.
(38) Comparable behavior is shown by samples 2a, 5a, 9a, 10a, 14, and 15, which are listed in Table 2 but do not fall in the scope of the claims.
(39) TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 2 sintering Density No. x y z P addition addition at ρ in ppm temperature ° C. in g/cm.sup.3 Structure S 2a 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1160- 5.6 2 S 1240 5a 0.850 0.120 0.030 0 1180- 5.6 2 1220 9a 0.770 0.200 0.030 0 1180- 5.6 1 1220 10a 0.970 0.030 0.000 0 1120- 5.7 2 S 1180 14 0.850 0.150 0.000 0 1160- 5.5 1 1220 15 0.850 0.150 0.000 0 1160- 5.6 3 1220 2b 0.850 0.120 0.030 PE169 FM 250 1160- 5.7 1 1240 4 0.850 0.120 0.030 PE169 FM 250 1160- 5.6 1 1220 6 0.850 0.120 0.030 PE169 FM 500 1180- 5.6 1 1220 7 0.850 0.120 0.030 PE169 FM 250 1180- 5.7 1 1220 8 0.790 0.180 0.030 PE169 FM 250 1180- 5.7 1 1220 9b 0.770 0.200 0.030 PE169 FM 250 1180- 5.6 1 1220 14a 0.850 0.150 0.000 PE169 FM 250 1160- 5.7 1 1220 2c 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 115 1180- 5.7 2 1220 2d 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 225 1180- 5.7 2 1220 2e 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 285 1180- 5.7 1 1220 2f 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 570 1180- 5.7 1 1220 2g 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 1140 1180- 5.7 1 1220 2h 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 1705 1180- 5.7 1 1220 2i 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 2275 1180- 0 1220 3 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 285 1160- 5.6 1 1220 5b 0.850 0.120 0.030 KDP G 455 1160- 5.7 1 1220 10b 0.970 0.030 0.000 KDP G 115 1120- 5.8 2 S 1180 10c 0.970 0.030 0.000 KDP G 1140 1120- 5.8 1 1180 10d 0.970 0.030 0.000 KDP G 1705 1120- 5.8 1 1180 11 0.900 0.100 0.000 KDP G 285 1160- 5.7 1 1220 12 0.880 0.120 0.000 KDP G 285 1160- 5.7 1 1220 13 0.860 0.140 0.000 KDP G 285 1160- 5.7 1 1220 15a 0.850 0.150 0.000 KDP G 285 1160- 5.7 1 1220 2j 0.850 0.120 0.030 ADP G 135 1180- 5.7 2 1220 2k 0.850 0.120 0.030 ADP G 675 1180- 5.8 1 1220 2l 0.850 0.120 0.030 ADP G 1345 1180- 5.8 1 1220 2m 0.850 0.120 0.030 ADP G 2695 1180- 0 1220 2n 0.850 0.120 0.030 PE169 VS 570 1160- 5.7 1 1220 ρ.sub.is in Ωm ρ.sub.is in Ωm RT, 2 kV/mm No. ε tanδ × 10.sup.3 kp kt Td in ° C. (RT) (150° C.) S3 × 10.sup.3 I in A 2a 550 12 0 0 195 1.9E+10 5.7E+06 0.32 3.7E−07 5a 540 9 0.12 0.46 205 1.5E+11 9.5E+06 0.30 3.7E−07 9a 500 21 0.17 0.41 215 3.8E+10 1.1E+09 0.26 3.0E−07 10a 360 11 0.20 0.40 195 2.3E+10 3.6E+06 0.18 3.0E−07 14 530 19 0.14 0.40 235 9.9E+10 1.6E+08 0.26 3.0E−07 15 440 9 0.11 0.46 235 1.3E+11 1.3E+07 0.25 2.0E−07 2b 750 27 0.16 0.42 180 3.8E+10 3.8E+09 0.34 5.0E−07 4 670 22 0.16 0.42 200 5.7E+10 19.E+09 0.34 4.4E−07 6 780 25 0.16 0.42 185 1.1E+11 7.6E+09 0.35 4.9E−07 7 640 24 0.16 0.40 200 5.7E+10 3.8E+09 0.30 3.7E−07 8 550 24 0.16 0.40 205 9.5E+10 9.5E+09 0.25 3.0E−07 9b 560 23 0.16 0.40 205 3.8E+10 3.8E+09 0.25 3.0E−07 14a 630 24 0.16 0.43 210 1.4E+11 5.5E+09 0.30 4.0E−07 2c 600 37 0.16 0.35 205 3.8E+09 9.5E+06 0.32 4.4E−07 2d 700 25 0.16 0.41 200 1.5E+10 5.7E+07 0.32 4.4E−07 2e 710 26 0.16 0.41 200 1.1E+11 3.8E+09 0.32 4.4E−07 2f 740 28 0.16 0.41 195 1.1E+11 1.9E+09 0.31 4.8E−07 2g 770 26 0.15 0.39 190 1.1E+11 3.8E+09 0.30 5.2E−07 2h 780 27 0.15 0.37 185 7.6E+10 4.7E+09 0.30 5.2E−07 2i 3 720 27 0.16 0.41 195 8.5E+10 6.5E+09 0.34 4.9E−07 5b 770 28 0.16 0.41 195 3.8E+10 1.7E+09 0.35 5.4E−07 10b 330 11 0.19 0.40 195 1.4E+10 2.3E+06 0.19 3.0E−07 10c 440 37 0.18 0.35 185 7.2E+10 1.2E+09 0.20 6.0E−07 10d 460 40 0.16 0.31 180 5.7E+10 5.7E+08 0.18 7.0E−07 11 740 32 0.15 0.41 195 1.6E+10 4.4E+09 0.35 5.3E−07 12 690 25 0.16 0.42 210 1.3E+10 3.4E+09 0.32 5.2E−07 13 630 24 0.16 0.41 225 3.0E+10 7.0E+08 0.30 5.1E−07 15a 610 23 0.16 0.42 230 7.2E+10 5.7E+09 0.30 3.0E−07 2j 690 35 0.16 0.41 200 7.6E+10 3.8E+09 0.35 4.2E−07 2k 820 25 0.16 0.41 175 7.6E+10 3.8E+09 0.35 5.4E−07 2l 940 31 0.16 0.37 150 3.8E+10 5.7E+09 0.35 6.2E−07 2m 2n 730 25 0.16 0.44 185 1.3E+11 3.0E+09 0.36 4.7E−07
(40) The following exemplary embodiments show the behavior of compositions produced according to the invention.
Exemplary Embodiment 1
(41) The fundamental composition 0.85(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-0.12BaTiO.sub.3-0.03SrTiO.sub.3 was processed according to the flow chart (
(42) Samples 2i with 2275 ppm P (TP) and 2m with 2695 ppm P (ADP) were not processable in this manner.
(43) As may be seen from the light microscopy structure recordings (
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(45) In addition, a substantial increase of the specific insulation resistance is surprisingly shown at higher temperatures, by multiple orders of magnitude (
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(47) The variation of the sample properties is substantially reduced. If one observes characteristic resonance curves of the samples sintered at different temperatures it is thus noticeable that with phosphorus proportions according to the invention≥250 ppm, the differences between the samples sintered at different temperatures are substantially reduced and therefore the sintering interval may surprisingly be broadened to a technologically usable, easily implementable temperature range (Tables 3a, 3b,
(48) TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 3a Sample ρ.sub.is in Ωm ρ.sub.is in Ωm 2b ε tanδ × 10.sup.3 kp kt (RT) (150° C.) S3 × 10.sup.3 I in A 1160 750 29 0.16 0.40 2.0E+10 3.4E+09 0.36 6.3E−07 1180 730 27 0.17 0.42 3.8E+10 3.8E+09 0.34 5.0E−07 1200 750 27 0.17 0.41 2.0E+10 3.4E+09 0.34 5.4E−07 1220 770 27 0.16 0.42 2.6E+10 3.7E+09 0.32 5.9E−07 1240 730 27 0.16 0.42 2.0E+10 3.4E+09 0.32 5.9E−07
(49) TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 3b Sample ρ.sub.is in Ωm ρ.sub.is in Ωm 2e ε tanδ × 10.sup.3 kp kt (RT) (150° C.) S3 × 10.sup.3 I in A 1180 710 27 0.16 0.43 1.7E+11 5.1E+09 0.32 4.4E−07 1200 710 26 0.16 0.41 3.4E+10 1.3E+09 0.33 4.8E−07 1220 700 25 0.17 0.42 1.1E+11 3.8E+09 0.34 4.6E−07
(50) Surprisingly, the depolarization temperature may be set in a broad range by selection of the phosphoric material.
Exemplary Embodiment 2
(51) Samples 3, 4, 5b, 6, and 2n according to Table 2 are further examples of the modification according to the invention, which is applicable in large-scale industrial processes, of the fundamental composition 0.85(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-0.12BaTiO.sub.3-0.03SrTiO.sub.3.
(52) It can be seen as an essential technological advantage that in examples 3 and 5b, the material was processed without phosphorus up to the fine grinding and the phosphorus was first added during the slurrying for the spray granulation.
(53) In examples 4, 6, the phosphorus addition was performed during the fine grinding, in example 2n during the organic slurrying for the film casting.
(54) It is advantageous that the large-scale industrial material processing is performed uniformly up to the fine grinding independently of the primary shaping process (compression or film casting) and therefore the type and quantity of the phosphorus addition can be optimally adapted to the respective shaping process.
(55) However, the possible combination of viscosity-determining phosphoric dispersing agents or binders and substantially “viscosity-neutral” additives such as KDP or ADP can also be advantageous.
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Exemplary Embodiment 3
(57) Table 2 contains, as further examples according to the invention, variations of the fundamental composition x(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-yBaTiO.sub.3-zSrTiO.sub.3 with respect to the BaTiO.sub.3 and SrTiO.sub.3
(58) TABLE-US-00010 No. x y z P addition addition at ρ in ppm 7 0.850 0.120 0.030 PE169 FM 250 8 0.790 0.180 0.030 PE169 FM 250 9a 0.770 0.200 0.030 0 9b 0.770 0.200 0.030 PE169 FM 250 10a 0.970 0.030 0.000 0 10b 0.970 0.030 0.000 KDP G 115 10c 0.970 0.030 0.000 KDP G 1140 10d 0.970 0.030 0.000 KDP G 1705 11 0.900 0.100 0.000 KDP G 285 12 0.880 0.120 0.000 KDP G 285 13 0.860 0.140 0.000 KDP G 285 14 0.850 0.150 0.000 0 14a 0.850 0.150 0.000 PE169 FM 250 15 0.850 0.150 0.000 15a 0.850 0.150 0.000 KDP G 285
Excerpt from Table 2
(59) In the range y≥0.10, the material system behaves similarly with respect to the phosphorus modification as the fundamental composition 0.85(Bi.sub.0.5Na.sub.0.5)TiO.sub.3-0.12BaTiO.sub.3-0.03SrTiO.sub.3.
(60) The range y<0.10 requires phosphorus proportions in the upper claimed value range.