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Simultaneously achieving giant piezoelectricity and record coercive field enhancement in relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals

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  • Liya Yang

    (Shandong University
    Henan University
    Harbin Institute of Technology)

  • Houbing Huang

    (Beijing Institute of Technology)

  • Zengzhe Xi

    (Xi’an Technological University)

  • Limei Zheng

    (Shandong University)

  • Shiqi Xu

    (Beijing Institute of Technology)

  • Gang Tian

    (Shandong University)

  • Yuzhi Zhai

    (Shandong University)

  • Feifei Guo

    (Xi’an Technological University)

  • Lingping Kong

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Yonggang Wang

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Weiming Lü

    (University of Jinan)

  • Long Yuan

    (Jilin Normal University)

  • Minglei Zhao

    (Shandong University)

  • Haiwu Zheng

    (Henan University)

  • Gang Liu

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

Abstract

A large coercive field (EC) and ultrahigh piezoelectricity are essential for ferroelectrics used in high-drive electromechanical applications. The discovery of relaxor-PbTiO3 crystals is a recent breakthrough; they currently afford the highest piezoelectricity, but usually with a low EC. Such performance deterioration occurs because high piezoelectricity is interlinked with an easy polarization rotation, subsequently favoring a dipole switch under small fields. Therefore, the search for ferroelectrics with both a large EC and ultrahigh piezoelectricity has become an imminent challenge. Herein, ternary Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 crystals are reported, wherein the dispersed local heterogeneity comprises abundant tetragonal phases, affording a EC of 8.2 kV/cm (greater than that of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 by a factor of three) and ultrahigh piezoelectricity (d33 = 2630 pC/N; d15 = 490 pC/N). The observed EC enhancement is the largest reported for ultrahigh-piezoelectric materials, providing a simple, practical, and universal route for improving functionalities in ferroelectrics with an atomic-level understanding.

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  • Liya Yang & Houbing Huang & Zengzhe Xi & Limei Zheng & Shiqi Xu & Gang Tian & Yuzhi Zhai & Feifei Guo & Lingping Kong & Yonggang Wang & Weiming Lü & Long Yuan & Minglei Zhao & Haiwu Zheng & Gang Liu, 2022. "Simultaneously achieving giant piezoelectricity and record coercive field enhancement in relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-29962-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29962-6
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