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After twenty years of enthusiastic researches into lead-free piezoelectric materials, the most eager prospects are transforming into the real applications. This chapter reviews the recent application progresses for lead-free piezoelectric materials, including piezoelectric energy harvesting devices, ultrasonic transducers, piezoelectric actuators, pyroelectric IR detectors, piezoelectric transformers and ultrasonic motors. The electrical parameters of active elements and devices performance are systematically discussed, which are almost compared with lead-based ones. Additionally, those challenges in lead-free piezoelectric materials and suggestions for the next research requirements for practical applications are also proposed.

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