Local structural heterogeneity and electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: learning from relaxor ferroelectrics

F Li, S Zhang, D Damjanovic, LQ Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐range ordering of dipoles is a key microscopic signature of ferroelectrics. These
ordered dipoles form ferroelectric domains, which can be reoriented by electric fields …

High-electromechanical performance for high-power piezoelectric applications: Fundamental, progress, and perspective

L Chen, H Liu, H Qi, J Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric materials with excellent electromechanical performance are widely used as
core components in high-power applications such as ultrasonic transducers, piezoelectric …

A molecular perovskite solid solution with piezoelectricity stronger than lead zirconate titanate

WQ Liao, D Zhao, YY Tang, Y Zhang, PF Li, PP Shi… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Piezoelectric materials produce electricity when strained, making them ideal for different
types of sensing applications. The most effective piezoelectric materials are ceramic solid …

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 …

Two-dimensional layered perovskite ferroelectric with giant piezoelectric voltage coefficient

XG Chen, XJ Song, ZX Zhang, PF Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Piezoelectric sensors that can work under various conditions with superior performance are
highly desirable with the arrival of the Internet of Things. For practical applications, a large …

Development and outlook of high output piezoelectric nanogenerators

Q Xu, J Wen, Y Qin - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the Internet of things (IoT), wearable electronics, how to
power them has been a great challenge, as the traditional powering method via batteries …

Emergence of high piezoelectricity from competing local polar order-disorder in relaxor ferroelectrics

H Liu, X Shi, Y Yao, H Luo, Q Li, H Huang, H Qi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Relaxor ferroelectrics are known for outstanding piezoelectric properties, finding a broad
range of applications in advanced electromechanical devices. Decoding the origins of the …

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 …

Flexible polarization configuration in high-entropy piezoelectrics with high performance

Y Liu, J Yang, S Deng, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, S Sun… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Polarization configuration engineering by compositional and structural tuning in
piezoelectrics holds great promise for high piezoelectricity that benefits wide …

Atomic-scale origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in samarium-doped PMN-PT ceramics

C Li, B Xu, D Lin, S Zhang, L Bellaiche, TR Shrout, F Li - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Designing high-performance piezoelectric materials based on atomic-scale calculations is
highly desired in recent years, following the understanding of the structure-property …