[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of aging and fatigue in ferroelectrics

YA Genenko, J Glaum, MJ Hoffmann, K Albe - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of aging and fatigue phenomena in bulk polycrystalline
ferroelectrics is presented. Three material classes are covered, namely the most widely used …

Review of chemical modification on potassium sodium niobate lead-free piezoelectrics

Y Zhang, JF Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Piezoelectric materials convert mechanical energy into electric energy, and vice versa. They
have been applied in many critical fields, such as motor vehicles, medical devices, the …

Decoding the fingerprint of ferroelectric loops: comprehension of the material properties and structures

L **, F Li, S Zhang - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the nature of domains, ferroics, including ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, and ferroelastic
materials, exhibit hysteresis phenomena with respect to external driving fields (magnetic …

Electromechanical imaging and spectroscopy of ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials: state of the art and prospects for the future

N Balke, I Bdikin, SV Kalinin… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) has emerged as a powerful and versatile tool for
probing nanoscale phenomena in ferroelectric materials on the nanometer and micrometer …

Polarization fatigue in ferroelectric thin films and related materials

XJ Lou - Journal of Applied Physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The experimental characteristics of polarization fatigue in thin-film, bulk ceramic, and single-
crystalline ferroelectrics have been reviewed in detail. Various scenarios and models …

Effects of a phase engineering strategy on the strain properties in KNN-based ceramics

X Lv, J Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work,(0.99− x)(K0. 5Na0. 5)(Nb0. 965Sb0. 035) O3–0.01 SrZrO3–x (Bi0. 5Na0. 5)
ZrO3 ceramics were selected to show how a phase engineering strategy (PES) affects the …

Defect-mediated domain-wall motion and enhanced electric-field-induced strain in hot-pressed K0. 5Na0. 5NbO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

YX Liu, HC Thong, YYS Cheng, JW Li… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Since the extrinsic contribution is the key to electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectrics,
engineering the interaction between defect and domain-wall motion has been an effective …

Enhanced piezoelectric response of (Ba, Ca)(Ti, Zr) O3 ceramics by super large grain size and construction of phase boundary

Q Zhang, W Cai, Q Li, R Gao, G Chen, X Deng… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15 Zr 0.1 Ti 0.9 O 3 (BCZT) ceramics with super large grain size (> 50
μm) have been successfully fabricated by sol-gel method. The effects of pH value of …

Electric fatigue of lead‐free piezoelectric materials

J Glaum, M Hoffman - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A considerable body of knowledge now exists from studies involving the development of
lead‐free piezoelectric ceramics and a number of high potential alternatives to current lead …

Structural origin of excellent fatigue resistance in KNN-based ceramics with multiphase coexistence

L Wu, T Zheng, J Wu - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2024 - Elsevier
By constructing polymorphic multiphase coexistence, excellent piezoelectric properties and
fatigue resistance have been obtained in potassium sodium niobate (KNN)-based ceramics …