journal article·2023-11-01Open access

Ultrahigh Electrostrictive Effect in Lead-Free Ferroelectric Ceramics Via Texture Engineering

Leiyang Zhang, Ruiyi Jing, Hongliang Du, Yunyao Huang, Qingyuan Hu, Yuan Sun, Yunfei Chang, Denis Alikin, Xiaoyong Wei, Wenwu Cao, Vladimir Shur, Shujun Zhang, Dragan Damjanovic, Li Jin

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 15· Issue 43

Abstract

The electrostrictive effect, which induces strain in ferroelectric ceramics, offers distinct advantages over its piezoelectric counterpart for high-precision actuator applications, including anhysteretic behavior even at high frequencies, rapid reaction times, and no requirement for poling. Historically, commercially available electrostrictive materials have been lead oxide-based. However, global restrictions on the use of lead in electronic components necessitate the exploration of lead-free electrostrictive ceramics with a high strain performance. Although various engineering strategies for producing materials with high strain have been proposed, they typically come at the expense of increased strain hysteresis. Here, we describe the extraordinary electrostrictive response of (Ba 0.95 Ca 0.05 )(Ti 0.88 Sn 0.12 )O 3 (BCTS) ceramics with ultrahigh electrostrictive strain and negligible hysteresis achieved through texture engineering leveraging the anisotropic intrinsic lattice contribution. The BCTS ceramics exhibit a high unipolar strain of 0.175%, a substantial electrostrictive coefficient Q 33 of 0.0715 m 4 C –2, and an ultralow hysteresis of less than 0.8%. Notably, the Q 33 value is three times greater than that of high-performance lead-based Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 electrostrictive ceramics. Multiscale structural analyses demonstrate that the electrostrictive effect dominates the BCTS strain response. This research introduces a novel approach to texture engineering to enhance the electrostrictive effect, offering a promising paradigm for future advancements in this field.
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OpenAlex topics: Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials · Multiferroics and related materials · Dielectric materials and actuators

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Affiliations

Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

Multifunctional Electronic Ceramics Laboratory, College of Engineering, Xi’an International University, Xi’an 710077, China

Functional Materials and Acousto-Optic Instruments Institute, School of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China

School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg 620000, Russia

Department of Mathematics and Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States

Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia

Group for Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides, Institute of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne-EPFL, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland

Funding

Russian Science Foundation · Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Key Research and Development Projects of Shaanxi Province · Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Artificially-Structured Functional Materials and Devices · Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities

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