Phase structure and properties of sodium bismuth titanate lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

X Zhou, G Xue, H Luo, CR Bowen, D Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The lead-free sodium bismuth titanate (BNT) system has been extensively investigated in
the past decade due to its multi-functional electro-active properties. Here, we present a …

Local structure engineered lead-free ferroic dielectrics for superior energy-storage capacitors: a review

H Qi, A **e, R Zuo - Energy Storage Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of energy-storage technology and power electronics industry,
dielectric capacitors with high energy density are in high demand owing to their high power …

Giant energy-storage density with ultrahigh efficiency in lead-free relaxors via high-entropy design

L Chen, S Deng, H Liu, J Wu, H Qi, J Chen - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Next-generation advanced high/pulsed power capacitors rely heavily on dielectric ceramics
with high energy storage performance. However, thus far, the huge challenge of realizing …

Supercritical relaxor nanograined ferroelectrics for ultrahigh‐energy‐storage capacitors

A **e, J Fu, R Zuo, X Jiang, T Li, Z Fu, Y Yin… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Supercritical relaxor nanograined ferroelectrics are demonstrated for high‐performance
dielectric capacitors, showing record‐high overall properties of energy density≈ 13.1 J cm …

Piezoelectric biomaterials inspired by nature for applications in biomedicine and nanotechnology

S Chen, X Tong, Y Huo, S Liu, Y Yin, ML Tan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

Local Diverse Polarization Optimized Comprehensive Energy‐Storage Performance in Lead‐Free Superparaelectrics

L Chen, N Wang, Z Zhang, H Yu, J Wu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lead‐free dielectric ceramics with ultrahigh energy‐storage performance are the core
components used in next‐generation advanced pulse power capacitors. However, the low …

Multi-symmetry high-entropy relaxor ferroelectric with giant capacitive energy storage

J Guo, H Yu, Y Ren, H Qi, X Yang, Y Deng, ST Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Relaxor ferroelectric ceramics with remarkable energy storage performance, which is
dominantly determined by polarization and breakdown strength, are one of the bottlenecks …

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 …

Piezoelectric actuators and motors: materials, designs, and applications

X Gao, J Yang, J Wu, X **n, Z Li, X Yuan… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric actuators are unique driving force‐generation devices, which can transfer input
electric energy into force, displacement, or movement outputs efficiently and precisely via …

Simultaneously achieving giant piezoelectricity and record coercive field enhancement in relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals

L Yang, H Huang, Z **, L Zheng, S Xu, G Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A large coercive field (EC) and ultrahigh piezoelectricity are essential for ferroelectrics used
in high-drive electromechanical applications. The discovery of relaxor-PbTiO3 crystals is a …