Multifunctional BNT-based ferroelectric ceramics with large electrostrain and strong photoluminescence properties

Abstract

The development of multifunctional materials with optical and electrical properties has become a research hotspot in recent years. In this work, multifunctional 0.935(Bi[Formula: see text]Na[Formula: see text])TiO3–0.065BaTiO3 (BNT–BT)-based ferroelectric ceramics doped with small amounts of CaMAlO4 ([Formula: see text], Ho) were prepared, and the effect of CaMAlO4 on the electrostrain and photoluminescence properties of the ceramics was studied. The results showed that the CaMAlO4 addition weakened the ferroelectric properties of the BNT–BT matrix, and promoted the improvement of the electrostrain performance. For samples doped with 1.5[Formula: see text]mol% CaMAlO4, the unipolar strain [Formula: see text] reached the largest values, which were 0.33% ([Formula: see text]) and 0.38% ([Formula: see text]) under an electric field of 70[Formula: see text]kV/cm, corresponding to a large signal [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]) of 471[Formula: see text]pm/V ([Formula: see text]) and 543[Formula: see text]pm/V ([Formula: see text]), respectively. In addition, due to the existing Dy[Formula: see text] and Ho[Formula: see text] luminescent ions, the modified samples exhibited excellent photoluminescence performance, which exhibited bright yellow emission ([Formula: see text]) and green emission [Formula: see text] under the blue excitation. Due to their multifunctional features, these materials have potential applications as “on-off” actuators, optical-electro integration and coupling devices.