Microscopic origins of the large piezoelectricity of leadfree (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3

(Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3ceramics have attracted interest as lead-free materials with large piezoelectric responses. Here, the authors use an atomistic model to show the electromechanical properties are due to a complex microstructure and polarization fluctuations in the narrowly stable orthorhombic phase.

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Main Authors: Yousra Nahas, Alireza Akbarzadeh, Sergei Prokhorenko, Sergey Prosandeev, Raymond Walter, Igor Kornev, Jorge Íñiguez, L. Bellaiche
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f51c8ccde54f42e5bb7352430e18f551
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Summary:(Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3ceramics have attracted interest as lead-free materials with large piezoelectric responses. Here, the authors use an atomistic model to show the electromechanical properties are due to a complex microstructure and polarization fluctuations in the narrowly stable orthorhombic phase.