Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Heterostrain-enabled ultrahigh electrostrain in lead-free piezoelectric

  • Wei Feng,
  • Bingcheng Luo,
  • Shuaishuai Bian,
  • Enke Tian,
  • Zili Zhang,
  • Ahmed Kursumovic,
  • Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll,
  • Xiaohui Wang,
  • Longtu Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32825-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Developing high-strain piezoelectric materials has been a long-term challenge. Here, the authors report one strategy to enhance the electrostrain via designing heterostrain through atomic-scale defect engineering and mesoscale domain engineering.