Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3(BCTZ)lead-freepiezoelectricceramicsco-dopedwithCeO2(x=0.1wt.%,0.2wt.%,0.3wt.%,0.4wt.%,0.5wt.%)andLi2CO3(0.6wt.%)werepreparedbyconventionalsolid-statereactionmethod.InfluenceofCeO2dopingamountonthepiezoelectricproperties,dielectricproperties,phasecompositionandmicrostructureofpreparedBCTZlead-freepiezoelectricceramicsdopedwithLi2CO3wereinvestigatedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD)andscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)andotheranalyticalmethods.TheresultsshowedthatthesinteredtemperatureofBCTZlead-freepiezoelectricceramicsdopedwithCeO2decreasedgreatlywhenLi2CO3dopingamountwas0.6wt.%;apureperovskitestructureofBCTZlead-freepiezoelectricceramicsco-dopedwithLi2CO3andCeO2andsinteredat1050°Ccouldalsobeobtained.Thepiezoelectricconstant(d33),therelativepermittivity(εr)andtheplanarelectromechanicalcouplingfactor(kp)ofBCTZceramicsdopedwithLi2CO3increasedfirstlyandthendecreased,thedielectricloss(tanδ)decreasedfirstlyandthenincreasedanddecreasedatlastwhenCeO2dopingamountincreased.TheinfluenceofCeO2dopingonthepropertiesofBCTZlead-freepiezoelectricceramicsdopedwithLi2CO3werecausedby'softeffect'and'hardeffect'piezoelectricadditiveandcausinglatticedistortion.WhenCeO2dopingamount(x)was0.2wt.%,theBCTZceramicsdopedwithLi2CO3(0.6wt.%)andsinteredat1050°Cpossessedthebestpiezoelectricpropertyanddielectricpropertywithd33of436pC/N,kpof48.3%,εrof3650,tanδof1.5%.
