The piezoelectric actuator is a kind of actuation device that acts through the inverse
piezoelectric effect. Due to advantages of high precision, low power consumption, compact …

Renewable energy can effectively cope with resource depletion and reduce environmental
pollution, but its intermittent nature impedes large-scale development. Therefore, developing …

The figure-of-merits of ferroelectrics for transducer applications are their electromechanical
coupling factor and the operable temperature range. Relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals …

Piezoelectric materials enable the conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy
and vice‐versa. Ultrahigh piezoelectricity has been only observed in single crystals …

High-temperature piezoelectric materials are pivotal to technology applications fields
including defense, aerospace, nuclear energy, and oil well logging. However, the …

Texture engineering offers an approach for achieving enhanced properties in bulk ceramics
by introducing crystallographic anisotropy. Recent developments on texture engineering …

Lead-free ceramics with superior piezoelectric performance are highly desirable in various
electromechanical applications. Unfortunately, it is still challenging to achieve significantly …

textured Pb (Ni 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3-PbZrO 3-PbTiO 3 (PNN-PZT) ceramics were prepared by
templated grain growth (TGG) technique using 0.36 PNN-xPZ-(0.64-x) PT (x= 0.23, 0.25 and …

Piezoelectric textured ceramics have drawn increasing research and industry interests by
balancing the production cost and material performances. A new approach to realize the …

Textured piezoelectric ceramics, such as textured Pb (Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3‐PbTiO3 (PMN‐PT)
ceramics, have attracted considerable attention from both academia and industry, as they …