ORCID Profile
0000-0002-8006-3495
Current Organisation
Beijing Institute of Technology
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Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 19-12-2022
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 02-2023
Abstract: Piezoelectric ceramics have been extensively used in actuators, where the magnitude of electrostrain is key indicator for large-stroke actuation applications. Here, we propose an innovative strategy based on defect chemistry to form a defect-engineered morphotropic phase boundary and achieve a giant strain of 1.12% in lead-free Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 (BNT)–based ceramics. The incorporation of the hypothetical perovskite BaAlO 2.5 with nominal oxygen defect into BNT will form strongly polarized directional defect dipoles, leading to a strong pinning effect after aging. The large asymmetrical strain is mainly attributed to two factors: The defect dipoles along crystallographic [001] direction destroy the long-range ordering of the ferroelectric and activate a reversible phase transition while promoting polarization rotation when the dipoles are aligned along the applied electric field. Our results not only demonstrate the potential application of BNT-based materials in low-frequency, large-stroke actuators but also provide a general methodology to achieve large strain.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-10-2022
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-022-34062-6
Abstract: Despite the extraordinary electromechanical properties of relaxor ferroelectrics, correlating their properties to underlying atomic-scale structures remains a decisive challenge for these “mess” systems. Here, taking the lead-free relaxor ferroelectric Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 -based system as an ex le, we decipher the atomic-scale structure and its relationship to the polar structure evolution and large dynamic electromechanical response, using the direct atomic-scale point-by-point correlation analysis. With judicious chemical modification, we demonstrate the increased defect concentration is the main driving force for deviating polarizations with high-angle walls, leading to the increased random field. Meanwhile, the main driving force for deviating polarizations with low-angle walls changes from the anti-phase oxygen octahedral tilting to the multidirectional A-O displacement, leading to the decreased anisotropy field. Benefiting from the competitive and synergetic equilibrium of anisotropic field versus random field, the facilitated polarization rotation and extension versus facilitated domain switching are identified to be responsible for the giant electromechanical response. These observations lay a foundation for understanding the “composition-structure-property” relationships in relaxor ferroelectric systems, guiding the design of functional materials for electromechanical applications.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 22-06-2023
DOI: 10.1093/NSR/NWAD177
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-03-2023
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 05-03-2021
Abstract: Polymer-based ferroelectric materials are attractive because they can be solution processed cheaply and have much greater flexibility than ceramics. Guo et al. found concentric circular bands of polarization in a ferroelectric polymer that look like a bull's-eye target (see the Perspective by Martin). This self-organized toroidal texture is aligned perpendicularly to the axis of the polymer chains, allowing the authors to demonstrate selective absorption of infrared radiation and manipulation of terahertz radiation. This distinct structure in a polymer could be of interest for exploring and using other exotic effects. Science , this issue p. 1050 see also p. 992
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-11-2022
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