Giant piezoelectric voltage coefficient in grain-oriented modified PbTiO3 material

Yongke Yan (), Jie E. Zhou, Deepam Maurya, Yu U. Wang and Shashank Priya ()
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Yongke Yan: Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech
Jie E. Zhou: Michigan Tech
Deepam Maurya: Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech
Yu U. Wang: Michigan Tech
Shashank Priya: Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract A rapid surge in the research on piezoelectric sensors is occurring with the arrival of the Internet of Things. Single-phase oxide piezoelectric materials with giant piezoelectric voltage coefficient (g, induced voltage under applied stress) and high Curie temperature (Tc) are crucial towards providing desired performance for sensing, especially under harsh environmental conditions. Here, we report a grain-oriented (with 95% texture) modified PbTiO3 ceramic that has a high Tc (364 °C) and an extremely large g33 (115 × 10−3 Vm N−1) in comparison with other known single-phase oxide materials. Our results reveal that self-polarization due to grain orientation along the spontaneous polarization direction plays an important role in achieving large piezoelectric response in a domain motion-confined material. The phase field simulations confirm that the large piezoelectric voltage coefficient g33 originates from maximized piezoelectric strain coefficient d33 and minimized dielectric permittivity ɛ33 in [001]-textured PbTiO3 ceramics where domain wall motions are absent.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13089

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