[HTML][HTML] BaTiO3-based piezoelectrics: Fundamentals, current status, and perspectives

M Acosta, N Novak, V Rojas, S Patel, R Vaish… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We present a critical review that encompasses the fundamentals and state-of-the-art
knowledge of barium titanate-based piezoelectrics. First, the essential crystallography …

Advantages and challenges of relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals for electroacoustic transducers–A review

S Zhang, F Li, X Jiang, J Kim, J Luo, X Geng - Progress in materials science, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Relaxor-PbTiO 3 (PT) based ferroelectric crystals with the perovskite structure have
been investigated over the last few decades due to their ultrahigh piezoelectric coefficients …

High performance ferroelectric relaxor-PbTiO3 single crystals: Status and perspective

S Zhang, F Li - Journal of Applied Physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Ferroelectrics are essential components in a wide range of applications, including ultrasonic
transducers, sensors, and actuators. In the single crystal form, relaxor-PbTiO 3 (PT) …

Perspective on the development of lead‐free piezoceramics

J Rödel, W Jo, KTP Seifert, EM Anton… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A large body of work has been reported in the last 5 years on the development of lead‐free
piezoceramics in the quest to replace lead–zirconate–titanate (PZT) as the main material for …

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, piezoelectric, and dielectric properties of Ba (Zr0. 2Ti0. 8) O3-50 (Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3 Pb-free ceramic at the morphotropic phase boundary

D Xue, Y Zhou, H Bao, C Zhou, J Gao… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
There is an urgent demand for high performance Pb-free piezoelectrics to substitute for the
current workhorse, the lead zirconate titanate (PZT) family. Recently, a triple point (also …

A game changer: a multifunctional perovskite exhibiting giant ferroelectricity and narrow bandgap with potential application in a truly monolithic multienergy harvester …

Y Bai, P Tofel, J Palosaari, H Jantunen… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An ABO3‐type perovskite solid‐solution,(K0. 5Na0. 5) NbO3 (KNN) doped with 2 mol% Ba
(Ni0. 5Nb0. 5) O3− δ (BNNO) is reported. Such a composition yields a much narrower …

Origin of the large piezoelectric activity in (1− x) Ba (Z r 0.2 T i 0.8) O 3-x (B a 0.7 C a 0.3) Ti O 3 ceramics

M Acosta, N Khakpash, T Someya, N Novak, W Jo… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
The diffusionless pseudobinary phase diagram, monodomain properties, and free energy of
(1− x) Ba (Z r 0.2 T i 0.8) O 3-x (B a 0.7 C a 0.3) Ti O 3 are computed for comparison with …

Ferroelectric, pyroelectric, and piezoelectric properties of a photovoltaic perovskite oxide

Y Bai, T Siponkoski, J Peräntie, H Jantunen… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
A perovskite solid-solution,(1-x) KNbO 3-xBaNi 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3-δ (KBNNO), has been found
to exhibit tunable bandgaps in the visible light energy range, making it suitable for light …

Electric fatigue of lead‐free piezoelectric materials

J Glaum, M Hoffman - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A considerable body of knowledge now exists from studies involving the development of
lead‐free piezoelectric ceramics and a number of high potential alternatives to current lead …