Emergence of high piezoelectricity from competing local polar order-disorder in relaxor ferroelectrics

Hui Liu; Xiaoming Shi; Yonghao Yao; Huajie Luo; Qiang Li; Houbing Huang; He Qi; Yuanpeng Zhang; Yang Ren; Shelly D. Kelly; Krystian Roleder; Joerg C. Neuefeind; Long-Qing Chen; Xianran Xing; Jun Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36749-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Emergence of high piezoelectricity from competing local polar order-disorder in relaxor ferroelectrics

Hui Liu,
Xiaoming Shi,
Yonghao Yao,
Huajie Luo,
Qiang Li,
Houbing Huang,
He Qi,
Yuanpeng Zhang,
Yang Ren,
Shelly D. Kelly,
Krystian Roleder,
Joerg C. Neuefeind,
Long-Qing Chen,
Xianran Xing,
Jun Chen

Affiliations

Hui Liu: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Xiaoming Shi: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
Yonghao Yao: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Huajie Luo: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Qiang Li: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Houbing Huang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
He Qi: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Yuanpeng Zhang: Chemical and Engineering Materials Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yang Ren: Centre for Neutron Scattering, City University of Hong Kong
Shelly D. Kelly: X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Krystian Roleder: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia
Joerg C. Neuefeind: Chemical and Engineering Materials Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Long-Qing Chen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Xianran Xing: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Jun Chen: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36749-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Understanding high piezoelectricity in relaxors is challenging due to the heterogeneous structures. Here, the authors demonstrate that the competing local polar order-disorder state with balanced length and direction randomness is the key.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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