High‐Performance Electrostrictive Relaxors with Dispersive Endotaxial Nanoprecipitations

Liu, Ye; Deng, Shiqing; Li, Jun; Huo, Chuanrui; Wang, Lu; Sun, Shengdong; Zhang, Yueyun; Wu, Jie; Liu, Hui; Qi, He; Chen, Jun

doi:10.1002/adma.202204743

High‐Performance Electrostrictive Relaxors with Dispersive Endotaxial Nanoprecipitations

Journal Article · Sun Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202204743· OSTI ID:1880167

Liu, Ye ^[1]; Deng, Shiqing ^[2]; Li, Jun ^[3]; Huo, Chuanrui ^[1]; Wang, Lu ^[1]; Sun, Shengdong ^[1]; Zhang, Yueyun ^[1]; Wu, Jie ^[4]; Liu, Hui ^[2]; ^[1]; Chen, Jun ^[1]

Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering Department of Physical Chemistry University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering Department of Physical Chemistry University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China, School of Mathematics and Physics University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
School of Mathematics and Physics University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 P. R. China

Abstract

Ultrahigh‐precision manufacturing and detection have highlighted the importance of investigating electrostrictive materials with a weak stimulated extrinsic electric field and a simultaneous large hysteresis‐free strain. In this study, a new type of electrostrictive relaxor ferroelectric is designed by constructing a complex inhomogeneous local structure to realize excellent electrostrictive properties. A remarkably large electrostrictive coefficient, M ₃₃ (8 × 10 ⁻¹⁶ m ² V ⁻² ) is achieved. Through a combined atomic‐scale scanning transmission electron microscopy and advanced in situ high‐energy synchrotron X‐ray diffraction analysis, it is observed that such superior electrostrictive properties can be ascribed to a special domain structure that consists of endotaxial nanoprecipitations embedded in a polar matrix at the phase boundary of the rhombohedral/tetragonal/cubic phases. The matrix contributes to the high strain response under the weak extrinsic electric field because of the highly flexible polarization and randomly dispersed endotaxial nanoprecipitations with a nonpolar central region, which provide a strong restoring force that reduces the strain hysteresis. The approach developed in this study is widely applicable to numerous relaxor ferroelectrics, as well as other dielectrics, for further enhancing their electrical properties, such as electrostriction and energy‐storage capacity.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1880167

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1901020

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 36 Vol. 34; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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