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Research Article | Open Access

Superior piezoelectricity in lead-free barium titanate piezoceramics

Enpei Caia,, Shiqiang Penga, Qibin Liua,b( )
School of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Guiyang, 550025, China

Peer review under responsibility of The Chinese Ceramic Society.

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Abstract

Since the 21st century, increasing environmental protection and human health concern have been the driving force to develop lead-free piezoelectric materials with enhanced performances, and phase engineering strategy has been validated to be a viable method in numerous methodologies. Here, we gained a superb d33∼(637 ± 30) pC/N in lead-free (1–x)(Ba0.93Ca0.07)(Sn0.08Ti0.92)O3-x(Sb0.5Li0.5)TiO3 [abbreviated as (1–x)BCST-xSLT, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4% (in mole)] piezoelectrics utilizing chemical doping. To illustrate the relationship among composition-structure-performance, microstructure characterization, electrical properties measurement, first-principles calculation, and phase-field simulations were performed. Atomic-resolved polarization mapping of z-contrast imaging manifests the ferroelectric three phases (RO–T) coexist at the nanoscale with nanoscale polarization switching among them. Theoretical calculations and simulations confirm that the high-density nano-domain boundary bridges the polyphase coexisting nano-domains, which makes the polarization reversal easy, thus significantly reducing the energy barrier and polarization anisotropy among different phases.

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First-principles calculationsRelaxor ferroelectricsChemical dopingPhase-field simulationsPhase engineering strategy

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Journal of Materiomics
Volume 10 Issue 3,
May 2024
Pages 694-706
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2023.09.006
Cite this article:
Cai E, Peng S, Liu Q. Superior piezoelectricity in lead-free barium titanate piezoceramics. Journal of Materiomics, 2024, 10(3): 694-706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2023.09.006

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Received: 10 July 2023
Revised: 26 August 2023
Accepted: 07 September 2023
Published: 07 October 2023
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