Over the last 30 years, the study of ferroelectric oxides has been revolutionized by the
implementation of epitaxial‐thin‐film‐based studies, which have driven many advances in …

Ferroelectric (FE) and antiferroelectric (AFE) materials are used for several memory‐related
and energy‐related applications. Perovskite materials (eg, bulk ceramics) remain the most …

Thermal losses in photoelectric devices limit their energy conversion efficiency, and cyclic
input of energy coupled with pyroelectricity can overcome this limit. Here, incorporating a …

BiFeO3–BaTiO3 (BF–BT) solid solutions exhibit great promise as the basis for high
temperature piezoelectric transducers and energy storage dielectrics, but the fundamental …

With the growing global energy crisis, research into new energy materials that can
potentially transfer heat into electricity has become a worldwide imperative. Pyroelectric …

Complex oxides show a vast range of functional responses, unparalleled within the
inorganic solids realm, making them promising materials for applications as varied as next …

In 1880, the brothers Jacques and Pierre Curie were studying the phenomenon of
pyroelectricity. This is the effect where crystals that both lack a center-of-symmetry (ie, are …

For the first time, a composite of ferroelectric antimony sulfoiodide (SbSI) nanowires and non-
ferroelectric titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles was applied as a pyroelectric …

Environment-friendly lead-free pyroelectrics are indispensable for pyroelectric generators to
extract energy from low-gradient waste heat to power portable electronic devices. The …

The dielectric gap between the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) tip and the surface of a
ferroelectric using conductive atomic force microscopy and piezoresponse force microscopy …