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Enhanced piezoelectricity and excellent thermal stability in modified BiFeO3–PbTiO3-based high-temperature piezoelectric ceramics

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Ferroelectric ceramics possessing excellent piezoelectricity and high-temperature stability simultaneously are significant for sensor and actuation applications in severe environment such as extraterrestrial exploration and petroleum extraction. Herein, a novel (0.735−x)(Bi0.972La0.028)FeO3–0.265PbTiO3–xBa(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 (abbreviated as (0.735−x)BLF–0.265PT–xBZT) was reported to own excellent piezoelectric coefficient d33 value of ~ 394 pC/N with good temperature stability and high Curie temperature TC value of ~ 445 °C, simultaneously, at x = 0.14, which is just located at the tetragonal (T)-rich side of rhombohedral (R)-T morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). It reveals that the compositions undergo an obvious phase from R phase to T phase via an R–T MPB, and finally to the coexistence of T and pseudo-cubic (PC) phases, which is found to be accompanied by the normal-relaxor ferroelectric transformation. The significant enhancement of the piezoelectric activity in x = 0.14 sample can be attributed to synergistic effect of R–T MPB and the normal-relaxor ferroelectric transformation, leading to the significantly enhanced domain switching although the sample exhibits a relatively large T distortion of ~ 1.039. In addition, the large tetragonality of T phase allows the sample to maintain high TC value. The present work provides a guideline for the subsequent design of BF–PT-based high-temperature piezoelectric ceramics.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 52072103, U19A2087), Key R&D projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2022YFB3807403), Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Grant No. 2208085ME107), and the AHPU innovation team project (S022021058).

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This study was supported by  National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52072103, U19A2087),  Key R&D projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant Number 2022YFB3807403),  Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Grant Number 2208085ME107),  the AHPU innovation team project (Grant Number S022021058).

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    Minghao Gao, Zide Yu & Jian Fu

  2. Center for Advanced Ceramics, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, 241000, P.R. China

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Gao, M., Yu, Z., Fu, J. et al. Enhanced piezoelectricity and excellent thermal stability in modified BiFeO3–PbTiO3-based high-temperature piezoelectric ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1085 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10495-7

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