<p>Currently, achieving highly symmetrical bipolar strain and high electrostrain under low driving electric field remains challenging in piezoelectric materials. The designed potassium sodium niobate-based ceramics exhibit highly symmetrical bipolar strain and ultrahigh electrostrain coefficient (~2000 pm/V) under a low driving electric field of 8.4 kV/cm through A-site defect engineering and charge compensation. The highly symmetrical bipolar strain is related strongly to the lowly aligned defect dipoles by partially substituting A-site (Na<sup>+</sup>/K<sup>+</sup>) ions with Mn<sup>2+</sup>. The eye-catching performance is ascribed to the unique microstructure of atomic-scale polar nanoregions embedded in nano-domains (~34 nm) by tuning Na<sup>+</sup>/K<sup>+</sup> ions deficiency and coexistence of multiple phases. Phase-field simulations reveal that flattened energy barrier and multiphase nanodomains interplay to boost electrostrain at low driving fields. This work provides an innovative way of designing lead-free piezoelectric materials with highly symmetrical bipolar strain and giant electrostrain coefficient at low driving electric field, promising for high-precision actuators applications.</p>

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Giant electrostrain coefficient under low driving electric field in sodium potassium niobate piezoelectric ceramics with symmetrical bipolar strain

  • Fuzhi Cao,
  • Zhenyong Cen,
  • Ze Xu,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Xiaoming Shi,
  • Houbing Huang,
  • Zhaobo Liu,
  • Yi-Xuan Liu,
  • Xianxian Cai,
  • Dongze Zhu,
  • Ke Wang,
  • Zhongshang Dou,
  • Chaofeng Wu,
  • Nengneng Luo

摘要

Currently, achieving highly symmetrical bipolar strain and high electrostrain under low driving electric field remains challenging in piezoelectric materials. The designed potassium sodium niobate-based ceramics exhibit highly symmetrical bipolar strain and ultrahigh electrostrain coefficient (~2000 pm/V) under a low driving electric field of 8.4 kV/cm through A-site defect engineering and charge compensation. The highly symmetrical bipolar strain is related strongly to the lowly aligned defect dipoles by partially substituting A-site (Na+/K+) ions with Mn2+. The eye-catching performance is ascribed to the unique microstructure of atomic-scale polar nanoregions embedded in nano-domains (~34 nm) by tuning Na+/K+ ions deficiency and coexistence of multiple phases. Phase-field simulations reveal that flattened energy barrier and multiphase nanodomains interplay to boost electrostrain at low driving fields. This work provides an innovative way of designing lead-free piezoelectric materials with highly symmetrical bipolar strain and giant electrostrain coefficient at low driving electric field, promising for high-precision actuators applications.