Abstract:In this study, lead-free piezoelectric ceramics, based on the K0.5Na0.5NbO3-xLiNbO3 (KNN-xLN) system, were fabricated using a conventional method. The influence and mechanism of lithium niobate (LN) doping on the phase structure and temperature-dependent piezoelectric properties of KNN ceramics were meticulously inves tigated through dielectric temperature spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Our findings reveal that LN has a solubility limit in KNN of less than 10 mol%. Within this limit, incorporating LN induces a shift in the Curie temperature (TC ) of KNN-xLN ceramics toward higher temperatures, while the transition from orthorhom bic to tetragonal phases (TO-T ) is pushed to lower temperatures simultaneously. At room temperature, the ceramics exhibit the coexistence of orthorhombic and tetragonal phases, significantly amplifying their piezoelectric perform ance. An elevated TC improves the temperature stability of the ceramics’ piezoelectric properties; specifically, with an LN doping level of approximately 8 mol%, TC reaches approximately 479 ℃, and the piezoelectric properties of this component ceramic after 470 ℃ heat treatment remain 71% at room temperature. Beyond the solubility thresh old, excess LN is prone to forming a secondary phase with potassium, and the residual LN, influenced by its pro nounced pyroelectric effect, results in an apparent increase in the d33 coefficient of the ceramics as the heat treatment temperature increases.