Phase structure and properties of sodium bismuth titanate lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

X Zhou, G Xue, H Luo, CR Bowen, D Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The lead-free sodium bismuth titanate (BNT) system has been extensively investigated in
the past decade due to its multi-functional electro-active properties. Here, we present a …

High‐performance ferroelectric based materials via high‐entropy strategy: design, properties, and mechanism

Y Zhang, L Chen, H Liu, S Deng, H Qi, J Chen - InfoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance ferroelectric materials are widely used in various electronic devices
owing to the function of mutual conversion among different energies, which mainly relates to …

Progress in high-strain perovskite piezoelectric ceramics

J Hao, W Li, J Zhai, H Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2019 - Elsevier
High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

[HTML][HTML] BaTiO3-based piezoelectrics: Fundamentals, current status, and perspectives

M Acosta, N Novak, V Rojas, S Patel, R Vaish… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We present a critical review that encompasses the fundamentals and state-of-the-art
knowledge of barium titanate-based piezoelectrics. First, the essential crystallography …

[HTML][HTML] Perovskite lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

J Wu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The ability of piezoelectric devices to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy and
vice versa has inspired remarkable growth in research on piezoelectric materials. However …

Emerging new phase boundary in potassium sodium-niobate based ceramics

X Lv, J Zhu, D ** eco-friendly high-performance piezoceramics without lead has become one of
the most advanced frontiers in interdisciplinary research. Although potassium sodium …

Evolution from lead‐based to lead‐free piezoelectrics: engineering of lattices, domains, boundaries, and defects leading to giant response

M Waqar, H Wu, J Chen, K Yao, J Wang - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials are known to mankind for more than a century, with numerous
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …

Nano-domains in lead-free piezoceramics: a review

X Lv, X Zhang, J Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Reducing or even prohibiting the use of toxic lead in electronic devices has become one of
the most cutting-edge topics in various disciplines. The recently proposed phase boundary …

Multifunctional barium titanate ceramics via chemical modification tuning phase structure

C Zhao, Y Huang, J Wu - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global environmental concerns on the toxicity of lead‐based piezoelectrics impel the great
mass fervor on investigations of lead‐free alternatives. Barium titanate (BaTiO3, BT) …

Practical high piezoelectricity in barium titanate ceramics utilizing multiphase convergence with broad structural flexibility

C Zhao, H Wu, F Li, Y Cai, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Due to growing environmental concerns on the toxicity of lead-based piezoelectric materials,
lead-free alternatives are urgently required but so far have not been able to reach …