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 …

Emerging new phase boundary in potassium sodium-niobate based ceramics

X Lv, J Zhu, D Xiao, X Zhang, J Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing eco-friendly high-performance piezoceramics without lead has become one of
the most advanced frontiers in interdisciplinary research. Although potassium sodium …

Ultrahigh performance in lead-free piezoceramics utilizing a relaxor slush polar state with multiphase coexistence

H Tao, H Wu, Y Liu, Y Zhang, J Wu, F Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Owing to growing environmental concerns, the development of lead-free piezoelectrics with
comparable performance to the benchmark Pb (Zr, Ti) O3 (PZT) becomes of great urgency …

Evolution from lead‐based to lead‐free piezoelectrics: engineering of lattices, domains, boundaries, and defects leading to giant response

M Waqar, H Wu, J Chen, K Yao, J Wang - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials are known to mankind for more than a century, with numerous
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …

Strain‐engineered nano‐ferroelectrics for high‐efficiency piezocatalytic overall water splitting

R Su, Z Wang, L Zhu, Y Pan, D Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing nano‐ferroelectric materials with excellent piezoelectric performance for
piezocatalysts used in water splitting is highly desired but also challenging, especially with …

Multifunctional barium titanate ceramics via chemical modification tuning phase structure

C Zhao, Y Huang, J Wu - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global environmental concerns on the toxicity of lead‐based piezoelectrics impel the great
mass fervor on investigations of lead‐free alternatives. Barium titanate (BaTiO3, BT) …

[HTML][HTML] Perovskite lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

J Wu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The ability of piezoelectric devices to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy and
vice versa has inspired remarkable growth in research on piezoelectric materials. However …

An emerging family of piezocatalysts: 2D piezoelectric materials

CC Jin, DM Liu, LX Zhang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Piezocatalysis is an emerging technique that holds great promise for the conversion of
ubiquitous mechanical energy into electrochemical energy through piezoelectric effect …

Nano‐ferroelectric for high efficiency overall water splitting under ultrasonic vibration

R Su, HA Hsain, M Wu, D Zhang, X Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Piezocatalysis, converting mechanical vibration into chemical energy, has emerged as a
promising candidate for water‐splitting technology. However, the efficiency of the hydrogen …

Nano-domains in lead-free piezoceramics: a review

X Lv, X Zhang, J Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Reducing or even prohibiting the use of toxic lead in electronic devices has become one of
the most cutting-edge topics in various disciplines. The recently proposed phase boundary …