High power piezoelectric characteristics of Mn doped KNbO
3 (KN+MnCO
3 x wt%
x=0∼0.8 wt%, KN-Mn
x) ceramics were firstly reported in this paper. Mechanical quality factor,
Qm, of KN-Mn
x ceramics at small amplitude vibration increased with increasing Mn content and the
Qm of KN-Mn0.8 ceramic reached about 820. The maximum vibration velocity,
vo-p, about 2.3 m/s was obtained for KN-Mn0.8 with
Qm=820. The
Qm at large-amplitude vibration for KN-Mn0.8 and Pb(Zr,Ti)O
3 [PZT]-based ceramics [N6] decreased with increasing the
vo-p. The
Qm of KN-Mn0.8 was smaller than that of N6 at the small-amplitude vibration. However, at the large amplitude vibration,
vo-p>0.6 m/s, the
Qm value of KN-Mn0.8 was larger than that of N6. Therefore, it was clarified that KN-based lead-free piezoelectric ceramics possess superior mechanical stability at large-amplitude vibration. This is very good sign for high power piezoelectric applications.
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