Recent development in lead-free perovskite piezoelectric bulk materials

T Zheng, J Wu, D Xiao, J Zhu - Progress in materials science, 2018 - Elsevier
The elimination of lead in piezoelectric applications remains challenging. Since the
advances in the piezoelectricity were found in the perovskite family in 2000, studies into lead …

[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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Progress on BaTiO3-Based Piezoelectric Ceramics for Actuator Applications

J Gao, D Xue, W Liu, C Zhou, X Ren - Actuators, 2017 - mdpi.com
Due to issues with Pb toxicity, there is an urgent need for high performance Pb-free
alternatives to Pb-based piezoelectric ceramics. Although pure BaTiO3 material exhibits …

Strong electrocaloric effect in lead-free 0.65 Ba (Zr0. 2Ti0. 8) O3-0.35 (Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3 ceramics obtained by direct measurements

M Sanlialp, VV Shvartsman, M Acosta, B Dkhil… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Solid solutions of (1− x) Ba (Zr 0.2 Ti 0.8) O 3-x (Ba 0.7 Ca 0.3) TiO 3 promise to exhibit a
large electrocaloric effect (ECE), because their Curie temperature and a multiphase …

Review of the mechanical and fracture behavior of perovskite lead-free ferroelectrics for actuator applications

KG Webber, M Vögler, NH Khansur… - Smart Materials and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
There has been considerable progress in the development of large strain lead-free
perovskite ferroelectrics over the past decade. Under certain conditions, the …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of stress on the electromechanical properties and the phase transitions of lead-free (1 − x)Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3x(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3

A Gadelmawla, D Dobesh, U Eckstein, O Grübl… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
The influence of stress on the phase boundaries of polycrystalline lead-free perovskite (1− x)
Ba (Zr0. 2Ti0. 8) O3–x (Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3 (x= 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) was characterized through …

Synergetic contributions in phase boundary engineering to the piezoelectricity of potassium sodium niobate lead-free piezoceramics

X Lv, J Zhang, Y Liu, F Li, X Zhang… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although the pronounced piezoelectricity was obtained in (K, Na) NbO3 piezoceramics with
the phase boundary engineering (PBE), the physical mechanisms remain pending. Here, we …

High piezoelectricity by multiphase coexisting point: Barium titanate derivatives

J Gao, X Ke, M Acosta, J Glaum, X Ren - MRS Bulletin, 2018 - cambridge.org
BaTiO3-based lead-free piezoelectric materials have long been known as “a mediocre class
of piezoelectric materials.” However, they have seen significant renewed interest in recent …

[HTML][HTML] A new (Ba, Ca) (Ti, Zr)O3 based multiferroic composite with large magnetoelectric effect

M Naveed-Ul-Haq, VV Shvartsman, S Salamon… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The lead-free ferroelectric 0.5 Ba (Zr0. 2Ti0. 8) O3− 0.5 (Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3 (BCZT)
is a promising component for multifunctional multiferroics due to its excellent room …