Chemical design of Pb-free relaxors for giant capacitive energy storage

H Liu, Z Sun, J Zhang, H Luo, Q Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dielectric capacitors have captured substantial attention for advanced electrical and
electronic systems. Develo** dielectrics with high energy density and high storage …

Strong local polarization fluctuations enabled high electrostatic energy storage in Pb-free relaxors

Z Sun, H Liu, J Zhang, H Luo, Y Yao… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrostatic energy-storage ceramic capacitors are essential components of modern
electrified power systems. However, improving their energy-storage density while …

Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO₃-based lead-free piezoceramics

R Ranjan - Current Science, 2020 - JSTOR
Piezoelectric materials transform electrical energy to mechanical energy and vice-versa
making them technologically important as actuators, sensors and transducers in wide …

Depoling phenomena in : A structural perspective

G Das Adhikary, B Mahale, BN Rao, A Senyshyn… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The structural complexities of the lead-free piezoelectric system (1-x) Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3-x
BaTiO 3 (NBT-BT) continues to pose challenge regarding understanding the mechanisms …

Pinched hysteresis loop in defect-free ferroelectric materials

B Xu, C Paillard, B Dkhil, L Bellaiche - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
In addition to the single polarization-versus-electric field hysteresis loop that is characteristic
of ferroelectrics and the double hysteresis loop that is known to occur in antiferroelectrics, a …

Electric field and temperature dependence of the local structural disorder in the lead-free ferroelectric : An EXAFS study

BN Rao, L Olivi, V Sathe, R Ranjan - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
The complex nature of the structural disorder in the lead-free ferroelectric N a 1/2 B i 1/2 Ti O
3 has a profound impact on the perceived global structure and polar properties. In this …

Random lattice strain and its relaxation towards the morphotropic phase boundary of -based piezoelectrics: Impact on the structural and ferroelectric …

G Das Adhikary, DK Khatua, A Senyshyn, R Ranjan - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We demonstrate that the lead-free piezoelectric compound N a 0.5 B i 0.5 Ti O 3 (NBT)
exhibits random lattice strain in the ferroelectric phase, and that this feature primarily dictates …

Bi0.5K0.5TiO3–CaTiO3 ceramics: Appearance of the pseudocubic structure and ferroelectric‐relaxor transition characters

Y Wei, N Zhang, C **, W Zhu, Y Zeng… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, solid solution ceramics of (1− x) Bi0. 5K0. 5TiO3–xCaTiO3 (BKT‐CT, x= 0, 0.12,
0.15, 0.18, 0.21, and 0.25) were prepared. A phase transition from the tetragonal symmetry …

Fano resonance and relaxor behavior in Pr doped SrTiO3: A Raman spectroscopic investigation

V Dwij, BK De, S Tyagi, G Sharma, V Sathe - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2021 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of relaxor ferroelectrics is studied through detailed Raman spectroscopy
on polycrystalline Sr 1-x Pr x TiO 3 (x= 0.01–0.17) samples. The polar mode was observed …

Achieving High Piezoelectric Performance across a Wide Composition Range in Tetragonal (Bi,Na)TiO3–BaTiO3 Films for Micro-electromechanical Systems

K Ishihama, T Shimizu, K Okamoto… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tetragonal (1–x)(Bi, Na) TiO3–x BaTiO3 films exhibit enhanced piezoelectric properties due
to domain switching over a wide composition range. These properties were observed over a …