Temperature stability of perovskite-structured lead-free piezoceramics: Evaluation methods, improvement strategies, and future perspectives

X Lv, X Wang, Y Ma, X Zhang, J Wu - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to ever-increasing environmental concerns, lead-free piezoceramics have been studied
for more than half a century with the purpose of replacing toxic lead-based counterparts. A …

[HTML][HTML] Quenching effects and mechanisms in bismuth-based perovskite ferroelectrics

KV Lalitha, B Wang, P Ren, DA Hall, T Rojac - Open Ceramics, 2022 - Elsevier
The similar electronic structure of Bi 3+ and Pb 2+ has motivated researchers to explore
bismuth-based perovskite compounds, which in the past decade has been further fuelled by …

Origin of enhanced depolarization temperature in quenched Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3-BaTiO3 ceramics

P Ren, J Wang, Y Wang, KV Lalitha, G Zhao - Journal of the European …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3-BaTiO 3 (NBT-BT)-based lead-free piezoelectric ceramics have
been actively studied in recent years as a potential replacement for lead-based materials in …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of grain size on the electrocaloric and pyroelectric properties in non-reducible BaTiO3 ceramics

S Patel, M Kumar - AIP advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The present work demonstrates the effect of the grain size on electrocaloric and pyroelectric
properties in BaTiO 3-based ceramics prepared by a chemical coating method and then …

Influence of annealing environments on the conduction behaviour of KNN-based ceramics

S Dwivedi, M Badole, HN Vasavan, S Kumar - Ceramics International, 2022 - Elsevier
The electrical conduction behaviour of the lead-free (1-x) K 0· 5 Na 0· 5 Nb 0· 95 Sb 0· 05 O
3-xBi 0.5 Na 0· 41 K 0· 09 ZrO 3 (x= 0.05) ceramics annealed in air, oxygen, and argon …

Structural and optical investigations of Nd and Cu doped BaTiO3 prepared by solid state reaction

S Althobaiti, M Alghamdi, B Alamri, A Madani - Optik, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we have prepared some doped BaTiO 3 powders with the aim to study the
change of physical properties and some behaviors to be closely sensitive to the nature of the …

Influence of Quenching and Subsequent Annealing on the Conductivity and Electromechanical Properties of Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-BaTiO3

L Kodumudi Venkataraman - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-based materials have gained considerable attention for their potential to
exhibit giant strain, very-high ionic conductivity comparable to yttria stabilized zirconia or …

Evolution of phase composition and microstructure of sodium potassium niobate–based ceramic during pressure-less spark plasma sintering and post-annealing

D Kuscer, A Kocjan, M Majcen, A Meden, K Radan… - Ceramics …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study was designed to better understand the microstructural and phase evolution of
lead-free sodium potassium niobate based piezoceramics with a nominal composition (K 0.5 …

[HTML][HTML] Role of matrix phase and electric field gradient in Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3BaTiO3: ZnO composites

LK Venkataraman, T Frömling, J Rödel - Journal of Materiomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO 3-based materials exhibit potential for applications in high-power
ultrasonics. The composites of Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO 3-yBaTiO 3 (NBTyBT; y denotes mole%) …

Crack‐tip toughness of lead‐free (1−x)(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3xBaTiO3 piezoceramics

M Vögler, T Fett, J Rödel - Journal of the American Ceramic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Crack opening displacements were evaluated on semi‐elliptical indentation cracks in lead‐
free (1− x)(Na1/2Bi1/2) TiO3–xBaTiO 3 piezoceramics and a commercially available PZT …