Development and outlook of high output piezoelectric nanogenerators

Q Xu, J Wen, Y Qin - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the Internet of things (IoT), wearable electronics, how to
power them has been a great challenge, as the traditional powering method via batteries …

Enhanced piezoelectric properties of (Ba0. 85Ca0. 15)(Ti0. 9Zr0. 1) O3 lead-free ceramics by optimizing calcination and sintering temperature

P Wang, Y Li, Y Lu - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Lead-free (Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15)(Ti 0.9 Zr 0.1) O 3 (BCTZ) piezoelectric ceramics were
prepared by conventional oxide-mixed method at various calcination and sintering …

Implementing (K, Na) NbO3-based lead-free ferroelectric films to piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers

Y Huang, L Shu, F Hu, L Liu, Z Zhou, S Zhang, W Li… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs) have attracted widespread
attentions on account of their vital applications in medical imaging, fingerprint identification …

Lead-free piezoceramics: revealing the role of the rhombohedral–tetragonal phase coexistence in enhancement of the piezoelectric properties

F Rubio-Marcos, R Lopez-Juarez… - … Applied Materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Until now, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based ceramics are the most widely used in
piezoelectric devices. However, the use of lead is being avoided due to its toxicity and …

Electric Field-Assisted Self-Assembly of Diphenylalanine Peptides for High-Performance Energy Conversion

Y Su, J Liu, D Yang, W Hu, X Jiang, ZL Wang… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Peptide-based piezoelectric materials have emerged as a new class of intelligent
biomaterials, and applying electric fields during growth was found to result in uniform …

Understanding the piezoelectric properties in potassium-sodium niobate-based lead-free piezoceramics: Interrelationship between intrinsic and extrinsic factors

F Rubio-Marcos, JF Fernandez, DA Ochoa… - Journal of the European …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based ceramics are currently enjoying a wide use in
piezoelectric devices despite lead toxicity. Due to growing environmental concerns, the …

High-performance potassium-sodium niobate lead-free piezoelectric ceramics based on polymorphic phase boundary and crystallographic texture

P Li, Y Huan, W Yang, F Zhu, X Li, X Zhang, B Shen… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics are urgently needed in the field of electromechanical
conversion devices due to the restriction on the use of lead-based ceramics. In this study …

Micro-stereolithography of KNN-based lead-free piezoceramics

W Chen, F Wang, K Yan, Y Zhang, D Wu - Ceramics International, 2019 - Elsevier
The additive manufacturing technique of micro-stereolithography (µSL) is applied to
fabricate alkaline niobate (K 0.48 Na 0.52 NbO 3, KNN) based lead-free piezoceramics …

Correlation between the piezoelectric properties and the structure of lead‐free KNN‐modified ceramics, studied by Raman Spectroscopy

F Rubio‐Marcos, MA Bañares… - Journal of Raman …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The structure of (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta, Sb) O3 piezoelectric ceramics was thoroughly
studied by X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy for samples with different …

A new method to improve the electrical properties of KNN-based ceramics: tailoring phase fraction

X Lv, J Wu, J Zhu, D Xiao, X Zhang - Journal of the European Ceramic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although both the phase type and fraction of multi-phase coexistence can affect the
electrical properties of (K, Na) NbO 3 (KNN)-based ceramics, effects of phase fraction on …