We present a critical review that encompasses the fundamentals and state-of-the-art
knowledge of barium titanate-based piezoelectrics. First, the essential crystallography …

Dielectric ceramic capacitors, with the advantages of high power density, fast charge-
discharge capability, excellent fatigue endurance, and good high temperature stability, have …

Antiferroelectric materials are attractive for energy storage applications and are becoming
increasingly important for power electronics. Lead-free silver niobate (AgNbO3) and sodium …

Antiferroelectrics (AFEs) are promising candidates in energy-storage capacitors,
electrocaloric solid-cooling, and displacement transducers. As an actively studied lead-free …

Since the positive influences of defects on the performance of electroceramics were
discovered, investigations concerning on defects and aliovalent do** routes have grown …

NaNbO3 (NN) is generally considered as one of the most promising lead-free
antiferroelectric (AFE) perovskite materials with the advantages of low cost, low density and …

Antiferroelectric (AFE) materials exhibit outstanding advantages against linear or
ferroelectric (FE) dielectrics in high-performance energy-storage capacitors. However, their …

Emerging new applications of antiferroelectric perovskite oxides based on their fascinating
phase transformation between polar and nonpolar states have provided considerable …

Electric-field-induced phase transitions are the most important characteristics of
antiferroelectric materials. However, in several prototype antiferroelectrics, these transitions …

Lead-free antiferroelectric ceramics have drawn widespread interest recently on account of
their environmentally friendly components and potential applications in high-power systems …