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Perspective on the Development of Lead-Free Piezoceramics

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2023) | Viewed by 4189

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Dr. Lavinia Petronela Curecheriu

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Faculty of Physics, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania
Interests: dielectric properties; dc tunability; ferroelectric properties; electroceramics; core–shell composites
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Dear Colleagues,

Over the last decade, the development of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics has become one of the “hot topics” due to the demand to replace lead zirconate in microelectronic devices. The current research activities are focused on strategies to improve the piezoelectric properties of lead-free materials: searching for systems with morphotropic or polymorphic phase boundaries, microstructure optimization, and texturing. Advancements in phase and microstructure engineering allow piezoceramics to be developed with the significant advantages of piezoelectric coefficients for potential applications in areas such as electronics, healthcare, and automotive applications. This Special Issue is dedicated to current research activities on the most recent developments in lead-free piezoceramics including novel material design and advanced fabrication techniques, as well as models for explaining piezoelectric response. The Special Issue invites researchers who work in material science, through both experimental and theoretical approaches, to submit their research work.

In addition, reviews and systematic reviews in the field of lead-free systems for piezoelectric applications are welcome.

Dr. Lavinia Petronela Curecheriu
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Keywords

  • processing of lead-free ceramics
  • BaTiO3-based materials
  • KNN-based ceramics
  • determination of piezoelectric and dielectric coefficients by impedance spectroscopy
  • poling of lead-free piezoelectrics

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Ferroelectric, Dielectric and Electromechanical Performance of Ba0.92Ca0.08Ti0.95Zr0.05O3 Ceramics with an Enhanced Curie Temperature
by Ana Cristina Hernández-Moreno, Armando Reyes-Montero, Brenda Carreño-Jiménez, Mónica Acuautla and Lorena Pardo
Materials 2023, 16(6), 2268; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16062268 - 11 Mar 2023
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Ba0.92Ca0.08Ti0.95Zr0.05O3 (BCZT8-5) ceramic materials have been scarcely studied as lead-free piezo/ferroelectrics despite their enhanced Curie temperature (>100 °C) with respect to most studied BCZT compositions. In this work, homogeneous dense BCZT8-5 ceramics with grain [...] Read more.
Ba0.92Ca0.08Ti0.95Zr0.05O3 (BCZT8-5) ceramic materials have been scarcely studied as lead-free piezo/ferroelectrics despite their enhanced Curie temperature (>100 °C) with respect to most studied BCZT compositions. In this work, homogeneous dense BCZT8-5 ceramics with grain size in the range of 20 μm, and optimum ferroelectric, dielectric, and electromechanical performance, were prepared by the mixed oxides route using moderate synthesis (1250 °C-2 h) and sintering (1400 °C-2 h) conditions. Thickness-poled thin disks and monomodal shear plate resonators were used for the determination of piezoelectric coefficients, coupling factors, elastic, and dielectric permittivity coefficients, including all losses, by iterative analysis of impedance curves at resonance. Furthermore, the thermal evolution of the piezoelectric characteristics at resonance was determined to assess the enhanced working range of the ceramics (≈100 °C). Ferroelectric hysteresis loops and strains vs. electric-field butterfly loops were also measured and showed soft behavior with Ec = 2 kV/cm, Pr = 12 μC/cm2 after a maximum applied field of 3 kV was used. The ceramics showed a high endurance of P-E cycles to electrical fatigue up to 107 cycles. Moreover, dielectric properties as a function of temperature were also accomplished and showed nearly normal ferroelectric behavior, characteristic of samples with low crystallographic disorder. Overall, these ceramics showed high sensitivity and higher stability than other currently studied BCZT compositions. Full article
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Optimization of Processing Steps for Superior Functional Properties of (Ba, Ca)(Zr, Ti)O3 Ceramics
by Cristina Elena Ciomaga, Lavinia P. Curecheriu, Vlad Alexandru Lukacs, Nadejda Horchidan, Florica Doroftei, Renaud Valois, Megane Lheureux, Marie Hélène Chambrier and Liliana Mitoseriu
Materials 2022, 15(24), 8809; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15248809 - 9 Dec 2022
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Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics with nominal composition at morphotropic phase boundary Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 (BCTZ) prepared by different processing routes and sintered either by conventional solid-state reaction or by spark plasma sintering (SPS) techniques were comparatively investigated [...] Read more.
Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics with nominal composition at morphotropic phase boundary Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 (BCTZ) prepared by different processing routes and sintered either by conventional solid-state reaction or by spark plasma sintering (SPS) techniques were comparatively investigated to observe the role of structural modifications and of microstructures on the dielectric, ferroelectric, piezoelectric and electrocaloric responses. The ceramics presented relative densities from 75% to 97% and showed variations in their phase composition as a result of variable mixing and different synthesis and sintering parameters providing local compositional heterogeneity. As result, all of the ceramics showed diffuse phase transition and ferroelectric switching responses, with parameters affected mostly by density (Pr between 3.6 to 10.1 μC/cm2). High values for the electrocaloric response in the Curie range were found for the ceramics with predominantly orthorhombic character. Field-induced structural modifications were probed by tunability anomalies and by XRD experiments in remanence conditions. Piezoelectric effects with notably high figure of merit values were assigned to the better densification and poling efficiency of BCTZ ceramics. Full article
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