SUMMARYThe piezoelectric properties in some bismuth layerstructured ferroelectric (BLSF) ceramics were investigated focusing on a mechanical quality factor, Q m . Many BLSF compositions with various Curie temperatures, T c , were selected in this study, and the Q m values of (33) mode were plotted as a function of their Curie temperature, T c . The Q m increased with increasing the T c in the low-T c compositions below 500 °C. It is considered to relate with the domain wall pinning because the coercive field E c also increased with increasing the T c . However, in the high-T c compositions above 750 °C, the Q m decreased with increasing the T c , because of the difficulties in poling treatment due to the E c . On the other hand, high Q m values exceeding 10,000 were obtained in the intermediate-T c compositions between 500 and 750 °C. These values are quite high as the piezoelectric ceramics. The key point of the high Q m in these compositions is the poling process at high temperature of 300 °C.