Losses in ferroelectric materials

G Liu, S Zhang, W Jiang, W Cao - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ferroelectric materials are the best dielectric and piezoelectric materials known today. Since
the discovery of barium titanate in the 1940s, lead zirconate titanate ceramics in the 1950s …

Elastic properties and enhanced piezoelectric response at morphotropic phase boundaries

F Cordero - Materials, 2015 - mdpi.com
The search for improved piezoelectric materials is based on the morphotropic phase
boundaries (MPB) between ferroelectric phases with different crystal symmetry and …

Microstructure basis for strong piezoelectricity in Pb-free Ba (Zr0. 2Ti0. 8) O3-(Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3 ceramics

J Gao, D Xue, Y Wang, D Wang, L Zhang, H Wu… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
In this letter, we use transmission electron microscopy to study the microstructure feature of
recently reported Pb-free piezoceramic Ba (Zr 0.2 Ti 0.8) O 3-x (Ba 0.7 Ca 0.3) TiO 3 across …

Relationship between electromechanical properties and phase diagram in the Ba (Zr0. 2Ti0. 8) O3–x (Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3 lead-free piezoceramic

M Acosta, N Novak, W Jo, J Rödel - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ba (Zr 0.2 Ti 0.8) O 3–x (Ba 0.7 Ca 0.3) TiO 3 system was synthesized in a wide
compositional range in order to study the relationship between its phase diagram and …

Triple-point-type morphotropic phase boundary based large piezoelectric Pb-free material—Ba (Ti0. 8Hf0. 2) O3-(Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3

C Zhou, W Liu, D Xue, X Ren, H Bao, J Gao… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We report a large piezoelectric Pb-free system—Ba (Ti 0.8 Hf 0.2) O 3-(Ba 0.7 Ca 0.3) TiO 3,
designed upon a triple-point morphotropic phase boundary (TMPB) idea. The system shows …

Accelerated search for BaTiO3-based piezoelectrics with vertical morphotropic phase boundary using Bayesian learning

D Xue, PV Balachandran, R Yuan… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
An outstanding challenge in the nascent field of materials informatics is to incorporate
materials knowledge in a robust Bayesian approach to guide the discovery of new materials …

Thermodynamics of ferroelectric solid solutions with morphotropic phase boundaries

AA Heitmann, GA Rossetti Jr - Journal of the American Ceramic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A thermodynamic analysis is presented for the diffusionless phase diagrams of ferroelectric
solid solutions that display a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) separating adjacent …

Criticality: concept to enhance the piezoelectric and electrocaloric properties of ferroelectrics

F Weyland, M Acosta, J Koruza… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Compositional engineering with a focus on structural phase transitions has been considered
as the most important approach for enhancement of the functional properties of ferroelectric …

Composition-driven phase boundary and electrical properties in (Ba 0.94 Ca 0.06)(Ti 1–x M x) O 3 (M= Sn, Hf, Zr) lead-free ceramics

C Zhao, H Wang, J Xiong, J Wu - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we systematically investigated the composition dependence of the phase
structure, microstructure, and electrical properties of (Ba0. 94Ca0. 06)(Ti1–xMx) O3 (M= Sn …

Remarkably strong piezoelectricity, rhombohedral-orthorhombic-tetragonal phase coexistence and domain structure of (K, Na)(Nb, Sb) O3–(Bi, Na) ZrO3–BaZrO3 …

C Zhou, J Zhang, W Yao, D Liu, G He - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
Demands for lead-free piezoelectric ceramics increase rapidly owing to environmental
concerns. Strong piezoelectricity in (K, Na) Nb-based ceramics was usually realized by …