A synergistic approach to attain high piezoelectricity in a Pb(Ni, Nb)O3–Pb(Lu, Nb)O3–PbTiO3 system

Mengdi Cheng; Yangxi Yan; Zhimin Li; Pangpang Wang; Ri-ichi Murakami; Dongyan Zhang

doi:10.1039/D3TC02001K

A synergistic approach to attain high piezoelectricity in a Pb(Ni, Nb)O₃–Pb(Lu, Nb)O₃–PbTiO₃ system†

Mengdi Cheng,

^a Yangxi Yan,^a Zhimin Li,^a Pangpang Wang,

^b Ri-ichi Murakami^c and Dongyan Zhang

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^a School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi’an 710126, P. R. China
E-mail: zhangdongyan@xidian.edu.cn

^b Nanomaterials Group, Institute of System, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT), Fukuoka Industry-Academia Symphonicity (FiaS), 4-1 Kyudaishinmachi, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0388, Japan

^c School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, No. 2025, Chengluo Avenue, Chengdu 610106, P. R. China

Abstract

Modern electronic devices are highly in demand for high-performance piezoelectric materials. Herein, Pb(Ni, Nb)O₃–Pb(Lu, Nb)O₃–PbTiO₃ piezoelectric ceramics are investigated, among which the 0.52PNN–0.16PLN–0.32PT ceramic shows the best performance (d₃₃ = 850 pC N⁻¹, d₃₃* = 1139 pm V⁻¹). Excellent piezoelectricity can be explained by multiphase coexistence, as well as an enhanced local heterogeneous structure. Polar nanoregions that promote polarization rotation are an important cause of high piezoelectricity according to characterization using SEM and PFM. TEM also confirmed a heterogeneous domain configuration with two coexisting phases. In addition, a large signal piezoelectricity of 1000 pm V⁻¹ is maintained in the temperature range of 20–90 °C. This work presents an excellent example of achieving both high piezoelectric properties and a good temperature range in relaxor ferroelectric ceramics.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TC02001K
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 09 Jun 2023
Accepted: 10 Aug 2023
First published: 10 Aug 2023

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J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023,11, 11895-11904

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A synergistic approach to attain high piezoelectricity in a Pb(Ni, Nb)O₃–Pb(Lu, Nb)O₃–PbTiO₃ system

M. Cheng, Y. Yan, Z. Li, P. Wang, R. Murakami and D. Zhang, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 11895 DOI: 10.1039/D3TC02001K

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