Piezoelectric composition and piezoelectric element
View Patent ↗A piezoelectric compound having no occurrence of segregation or uneven structures as well as a piezoelectric element having excellent piezoelectric properties. The piezoelectric composition includes a main component that is a perovskite-typed oxide represented by formula of ABO 3 , wherein, one site includes Bi, Na, and another site includes Ti, and part of the Ti is substituted by transition metal element Me (Me is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, Fe and Co), according to the conversion of BiMeO 3 , the content ratio of Bi and the transition metal element Me accounts for 6˜43 mol % relative to the whole perovskite-typed oxides as the main component.
1. A piezoelectric composition, comprising a two component-based solid solution represented by Formula (1):
(1-x)(Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 )TiO 3 -xBiMeO 3 (1)
wherein
0.27≦x≦0.43; and
Me is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, Fe, and Co.
2. A piezoelectric element comprising the piezoelectric composition of claim 1 .