The 0.99Bi0.5(Na0.78K0.22)0.5TiO3?0.01LaAlO3, 0.01LaMnO3 or 0.01LaFeO3 (0.99BNKT?0.01LA,0.01LM or 0.01LF) ceramics were prepared by a conventional mixed mothod. The structure andmorphology of the lead free ceramics were characterized by XRD (X-ray diffraction) and FE-SEM (fieldemission scanning electron microscopy). XRD results indicated that the BNKT ceramics modified by LA,LM or LF induced a transition from a ferroelectric tetragonal to a non-polar pseudo-cubic phase, leadingto decrease in the remnant polarization (Pr) and coercive field (Ec) in the P-E hysterisis loops. Theeffects of the BNKT ceramics modified by La-based ABO3 pervskite structure on the electric-fieldinduced strain were investigated, and the largest normalized unipolar strain (Smax/Emax) was found inBNKT-0.01LF ceramic.
