Dense (1-x)(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-xBaTiO3 (BNT-BTx%, x = 3, 5, 6, and 7) ceramics exhibit large piezoelectricity for electrical poling below coercive fields. In particular, the piezoelectric activity and permittivity frequency dispersion have been found to be closely related. The significantly increased piezoelectric constant and sharply decreased permittivity frequency dispersion are observed to occur for poled ceramics under the critical poling electrical fields. These results suggest that the high piezoelectric response stems from poling electrical fields-induced-ordered nanodomains.
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