Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 40, Issue 3, 297(2025)

K0.5Na0.5NbO3-based Piezoelectric Ceramics: Excellent Temperature Stability and Application in Type 1-3 Transducer

Tianyu GAO1, Dong LIU1, Sixue ZHAO2、*, Wei DENG3, Boping ZHANG1, and Lifeng ZHU1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  • 22. Beijing Building Materials Academy of Sciences Research, Beijing 100041, China
  • 33. Foshan (Southern China) Institute for New Materials, Foshan 528200, China
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    Tianyu GAO, Dong LIU, Sixue ZHAO, Wei DENG, Boping ZHANG, Lifeng ZHU. K0.5Na0.5NbO3-based Piezoelectric Ceramics: Excellent Temperature Stability and Application in Type 1-3 Transducer [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2025, 40(3): 297

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    Received: Oct. 8, 2024

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    Published Online: Apr. 24, 2025

    The Author Email: Sixue ZHAO (zhaosixue@whut.edu.cn), Lifeng ZHU (zhu@ustb.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20240422

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