Temperature-insensitive piezoelectric properties of lead-free BiFeO3–BaTiO3 ceramics with high Curie temperature

Temperature-insensitive high piezoelectric strain and low strain hysteresis (Hs) with high Curie temperature (TC) are desirable for piezoelectric actuator applications. The excellent room-temperature piezoelectric performance (d33 = 309 pC/N and d33∗ = 458 pm/V) with very high TC = 482 °C have achieved in 0.67Bi1.03FeO3-0.33Ba1-xLaxTiO3 ceramics. Furthermore, a small variation in the piezoelectric strain (ΔST = 13%) in the temperature range of...