CuO added Pb0.92Sr0.06Ba0.02(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.25(Ti0.53Zr0.47)0.75O3 ceramics sintered with Ag electrodes at 900 °C for multilayer piezoelectric actuator<xref rid="cpb_26_3_037702fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_26_3_037702fn1"><label>*</label>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51472118, 51602156, 52177072, and 11274174) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant Nos. 30916011104 and 30916011208).</fn>

CuO added Pb_0.92Sr_0.06Ba_0.02(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)_0.25(Ti_0.53Zr_0.47)_0.75O₃ ceramics sintered with Ag electrodes at 900 °C for multilayer piezoelectric actuator**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51472118, 51602156, 52177072, and 11274174) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant Nos. 30916011104 and 30916011208).

Qaiser Muhammad Adnan¹, Hussain Ahmad¹, Xu Yuqing¹, Wang Yaojin¹, Wang Yiping², Yang Ying², Yuan Guoliang^{1, †}

(color online) SEM images of x CuO added ceramics with x=0.3 wt.% (a)–(c), 0.5 wt.% (d)–(f), 0.7 wt.% (g)–(i) sintered at 850 °C, 900 °C, and 950 °C, respectively. Optical images of Ag electrode on ceramics surface sintered at (j) 900 °C, (k) 925 °C, and (l) 950 °C.