BNKT Ceramics, one of the representative Pb free based piezoelectric ceramics, constitutes a perovskite(ABO3) structure. At this time, the perovskite structure (ABO3) is in the form where the corners of the octahedrons are connected, and in the unit cell, two ions, A and B, are cations, A ion is located at the body center, B ion is located at each corner, and an anion O is located at the center of each side. Since Bi, Na, and K sources constituting the A site are highly volatile at a sintering temperature of 1100℃ or higher, it is difficult to maintain uniformity of the composition. In order to solve this problem, there should be suppression of volatilization of the A site material or additional compensation of the volatilized. In this study, the basic composition of BNKT Ceramics was set to Bi0.5(Na0.78K0.22)0.5TiO3 (= BNKT), and volatile site (Bi, Na, and K sources) were coated in the form of a shell to compensate additionally for the A site ions. In addition, the physical and electrical properties of BNKT and its coated with shell additives(= @BNK) were compared and analyzed, respectively. As a result of analyzing the crystal structure through XRD, both BNKT(Core) and @BNK(Shell) had perovskite phases, and the crystallinity was almost similar. Although the Curie temperature of the two sintered bodies was almost the same (TC = 290 ~ 300 ℃), it was confirmed that the d33 (piezoelectric coefficient) and Pr (residual polarization) values were different. The experimental results indicated that the additional compensation for a shell additive causes the coarsening, resulting in a decrease in sintering density and Pr(remanent polarization). However, coating shell additives to compensate for A site ion is an effective way to suppress volatilization. Based on these experimental results, it would be the biggest advantage to develop an eco-friendly material (Lead-free) that replaced lead (Pb), which is harmful to the human body. This lead-free piezoelectric material can be applied to a biomedical device or products(ex. earphones (hearing aids), heart rate monitors, ultrasonic vibrators, etc.) and skin beauty improvement products (mask packs for whitening and wrinkle improvement).

본 논문에서는 압전 수정진동자의 설계민감도 해석 및 위상 최적설계 기법을 개발하였다. 압전 수정진동자는 가해지는 전하에 의해 두께방향 전단 변형하게 되거나, 혹은 그 반대방향으로 기계 변형에 의해 전기적 신호를 검출하게 된다. 엄밀한 두께방향 전단해석을 위해 두께방향으로 고차 보간을 하는 고차 민들린(Mindlin) 판 이론을 도입하였다. 압전 수정진동자에서 수정판은 부도체이기 때문에 전기적 신호를 검출하거나 전기적 신호에 의해 수정판을 기계적으로 진동시키기 위해 수정판의 상/하 표면에 얇은 전극경을 도포한다. 비록 전극경이 매우 얇기는 하지만 그 무게와 형상에 따라 진동자의 거동이 달라지기 때문에, 설계민감도 해석 및 위상 최적설계를 위한 설계변수는 전극경의 질량 밀도와 관계된다. 따라서 위상 최적설계 문제는 두께방향 전단 변형에너지를 최대화하는 최적의 전극경 분포를 구하도록 구성한다. 또한 보다 의미있는 설계안을 얻기 위해 전극경의 재료량과 면적에 제약조건을 부여한다. 두께방향 전단 주파수(고유치)와 상응하는 모드형상(고유벡터)에 대한 설계구배는 고유벡터 확장법을 이용한 해석적 설계민감도 해석법을 통해 매우 효율적이고 정확하게 계산될 수 있다. 수치예제를 통해 제안된 해석적 설계민감도가 유한차분 설계민감도와 비교하여 매우 효율적이고 정확하게 계산됨을 확인하였다. 또한 위상 최적설계를 통해 도출된 최적 전극경 설계가 모드형상과 두께방향 전단 변형에너지를 개선시킴을 확인하였다.

This study informs regarding application to electric protection by using piezoelectric material which is one of the energy harvesting system in bridge. It can transform from strain energy to electricity energy by using piezoelectric material as strain energy always occurs in bridge. This paper suggests that electricity energy occurred from piezoelectric material can use cathodic protection by power impressed methods for anti corrosion of reinforcement bar, steel and so on.