journal article·2023-10Open access

Field‐Induced Multiscale Polarization Configuration Transitions of Mesentropic Lead‐Free Piezoceramics Achieving Giant Energy Harvesting Performance

Jinfeng Lin, Guanglong Ge, Jiangfan Li, Jin Qian, Kun Zhu, Yongqi Wei, Cheng Shi, Guihui Li, Fei Yan, Wenxu Li, Jialiang Zhang, Jiwei Zhai, Haijun Wu

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 33· Issue 42

Abstract

Abstract The development of high‐performance (K,Na)NbO3 (KNN)‐based lead‐free piezoceramics for next‐generation electronic devices is crucial for achieving environmentally sustainable society. However, despite recent improvements in piezoelectric coefficients, correlating their properties to underlying multiscale structures remains a key issue for high‐performance KNN‐based ceramics with complex phase boundaries. Here, this study proposes a medium‐entropy strategy to design “local polymorphic distortion” in conjunction with the construction of uniformly oversize grains in the newly developed KNN solid‐solution, resulting in a novel large‐size hierarchical domain architecture (≈0.7 µm wide). Such a structure not only facilitates polarization rotation but also ensures a large residual polarization, which significantly improves the piezoelectricity (≈3.2 times) and obtains a giant energy harvesting performance (Wout = 2.44 mW, PD = 35.32 µW mm−3, outperforming most lead‐free piezoceramics). This study confirms the coexistence of multiphase through the atomic‐resolution polarization features and analyzes the domain/phase transition mechanisms using in situ electric field structural characterizations, revealing that the electric field induces highly effective multiscale polarization configuration transitions based on T–O–R sequential phase transitions. This study demonstrates a new strategy for designing high‐performance piezoceramics and facilitates the development of lead‐free piezoceramic materials in energy harvesting applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Dielectric materials and actuators

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Affiliations

School of Materials Science and Engineering Tongji University Shanghai 201804 China

School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 China

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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