High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

Benefitting from the reversible phase transition between antiferroelectric and ferroelectric
states, antiferroelectric materials have recently received widespread attentions for energy …

The occurrence of the inverse (or negative) electrocaloric effect, where the isothermal
application of an electric field leads to an increase in entropy and the removal of the field …

Barium zirconate titanate (BZT)(Ba (Zr x Ti1–x) O3) ceramics with Zr4+ contents of x= 5, 10,
15, 20, 25, and 30 mol% were prepared using a solid-state reaction approach. The …

Abstract Lead-free BaTi 0.89 Sn 0.11 O 3 (BTSn) ceramic was elaborated via a solid-state
reaction method and its dielectric, ferroelectric, energy storage, electromechanical as well as …

With industrializations speeding up, the need for materials with multiple functions are
growing because of ever-increasing complexity of electronic devices. The BiFeO 3-based …

We study the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in a typical relaxor ferroelectric ceramic of Pb 0.91
La 0.06 Zr 0.8 Ti 0.2 O 3 by analyzing the respective contributions of long-range-ordered …

Abstract Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15 Zr 0.10 Ti 0.90 O 3 (BCZT) lead-free ceramics demonstrated
excellent dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties at the morphotropic phase …

We have studied the electrocaloric response of the archetypal antiferroelectric PbZr O 3 as a
function of voltage and temperature in the vicinity of its antiferroelectric-paraelectric phase …

A material with reversible temperature change capability under an external electric field,
known as the electrocaloric effect (ECE), has long been considered as a promising solid …