The recent review for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) by the
expert committee, appointed by the European Union, stated that the replacement of PZT “ …

The increasing awareness of environmental concerns has prompted a surge in the
exploration of lead-free, high-power ceramic capacitors. Ongoing efforts to develop lead-free …

Piezoceramic materials provide the foundation for essential components of modern
engineering applications in the fields of acoustics, sensorics, biomedical devices, and …

We report a giant strain (0.72%) with a low degree of hysteresis (ca. 36.2%) and a giant S
max/E max ratio (916 pm V− 1, S max and E max denote the maximum strain and the …

Ternary solid solutions of (1− x)(0.8 Bi0. 5Na0. 5TiO3–0.2 Bi0. 5K0. 5TiO3)–xNaNbO3
(BNKT–xNN) lead‐free piezoceramics were fabricated using a conventional solid‐state …

Abstract A series of (1-x)(Bi 0.5 Na 0.5) 0.94 Ba 0.06 TiO 3-xBaSnO 3 (BNBT-100xBSN, x= 0–
20) lead-free ceramics were synthesized using a conventional high-temperature solid-state …

Abstract The Bi 1/2 Na 1/2 TiO 3-based materials exhibit the largest electric-field-induced
strains among lead-free piezoceramics and are considered as promising candidates for …

The influence of B-site (Al 0.5 Nb 0.5) 4+ complex-ion substitution on the phase transition,
microstructure, dielectric, ferroelectric, and energy-storage properties of Bi 0.5 (Na 0.82 K …

The electrical properties and microstructures of (1− x) Bi 1/2 Na 1/2 TiO 3–xSrTiO 3 (BNT-
ST100x, 0.20≤ x≤ 0.30) piezoceramics with different grain size distributions were …

We report a comprehensive comparative study of ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of
BNT-BKT-BT ceramics through the MPB (morphotropic phase boundary) zone, from the …