Benefitting from the combined properties of intrinsic ceramic materials and advanced porous
configuration, lightweight porous ceramics with porosity ranging from 2.3 to 99% and pore …

Ferroelectric materials have attracted significant interest due to their wide potential in energy
harvesting, sensing, storage, and catalytic applications. For monolithic and dense …

This paper combines experimental and modelling studies to provide a detailed examination
of the influence of porosity volume fraction and morphology on the polarisation-electric field …

High piezoelectric coupling coefficients enable the harvesting of more energy or increase
the sensitivity of sensors which work using the principle of piezoelectricity. These coefficients …

The present paper reports the dependence of dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric
properties on the porosity level in BaZr0. 15Ti0. 85O3 ceramics with porosity from 5% to …

Due to the unique electromechanical energy conversion capability of ferroelectric materials,
they have been at the forefront of materials science for a variety of applications such as …

In the present work, series compositions of (Ba1− x Sr x) TiO3 (0≤ x≤ 0.4) lead-free
ferroelectric (BST) were successfully prepared by sol–gel method. The effects of Sr2+ on the …

In the present work, it is shown how the controlled porosity can be exploited to obtain a
compromise between a reduced permittivity down to a few hundreds and maintaining a high …

The modifications of structural and functional properties induced by the gradual increase of
porosity from 4 vol% to 26 vol% produced by addition of polymeric sacrificial templates in …

The ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of (Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15)(Zr 0.1 Ti 0.9) O 3 (BCZT)
ceramics were measured as a function of porosity. Porous BCZT ceramics were fabricated …