Progress in high-strain perovskite piezoelectric ceramics

J Hao, W Li, J Zhai, H Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2019 - Elsevier
High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

Potassium–sodium niobate lead-free piezoelectric materials: past, present, and future of phase boundaries

J Wu, D Xiao, J Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
High-performance piezoceramics are some of the most important and widely used materials,
and as such research into this topic is at the forefront of high-technology advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Lead-free piezoceramics–Where to move on?

CH Hong, HP Kim, BY Choi, HS Han, JS Son… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lead-free piezoceramics aiming at replacing the market-dominant lead-based ones have
been extensively searched for more than a decade worldwide. Some noteworthy outcomes …

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 …

Environmental friendly lead-free piezoelectric materials

PK Panda - Journal of materials science, 2009 - Springer
Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based piezoelectric materials are well known for their excellent
piezoelectric properties. However, considering the toxicity of lead and its compounds, there …

Recent progress on PZT based piezoelectric energy harvesting technologies

MG Kang, WS Jung, CY Kang, SJ Yoon - Actuators, 2016 - mdpi.com
Energy harvesting is the most effective way to respond to the energy shortage and to
produce sustainable power sources from the surrounding environment. The energy …

Progress in engineering high strain lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

SO Leontsev, RE Eitel - Science and Technology of Advanced …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Environmental concerns are strongly driving the need to replace the lead-based
piezoelectric materials currently employed as multilayer actuators. The current review …

(K, Na)NbO3-based lead-free piezoceramics: Phase transition, sintering and property enhancement

K Wang, JF Li - Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2012 - Springer
Most widely used piezoelectric ceramics are based on Pb (Zr, Ti) O 3 (PZT) composition
which has adverse environmental and health effects due to its high lead content …

Origin of high piezoelectric activity in ferroelectric (K0. 44Na0. 52Li0. 04)−(Nb0. 84Ta0. 1Sb0. 06) O3 ceramics

EK Akdoğan, K Kerman, M Abazari, A Safari - Applied physics letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We study the temperature dependence of dielectric constant (K) and spontaneous
polarization (P s) in the range of− 95–200 C⁠. Cubic (C)-tetragonal (T) and T-orthorhombic …

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 …