Role of Reversible Phase Transformation for Strong Piezoelectric Performance at the Morphotropic Phase Boundary

Liu, Hui; Chen, Jun; Huang, Houbing; Fan, Longlong; Ren, Yang; Pan, Zhao; Deng, Jinxia; Chen, Long -Qing; Xing, Xianran

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.055501

Title: Role of Reversible Phase Transformation for Strong Piezoelectric Performance at the Morphotropic Phase Boundary

Journal Article · 29 January 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.055501 · OSTI ID:1461181

Liu, Hui ^[1]; Chen, Jun ^[1]; Huang, Houbing ^[1]; Fan, Longlong ^[1]; Ren, Yang ^[2]; Pan, Zhao ^[1]; Deng, Jinxia ^[1]; Chen, Long -Qing ^[3]; Xing, Xianran ^[1]

Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

A functional material with coexisting energetically equivalent phases often exhibits extraordinary properties such as piezoelectricity, ferromagnetism, and ferroelasticity, which is simultaneously accompanied by field-driven reversible phase transformation. The study on the interplay between such phase transformation and the performance is of great importance. Here, we have experimentally revealed the important role of field-driven reversible phase transformation in achieving enhanced electromechanical properties using in situ high-energy synchrotron x-ray diffraction combined with 2D geometry scattering technology, which can establish a comprehensive picture of piezoelectric-related microstructural evolution. High-throughput experiments on various Pb/Bi-based perovskite piezoelectric systems suggest that reversible phase transformation can be triggered by an electric field at the morphotropic phase boundary and the piezoelectric performance is highly related to the tendency of electric-field-driven phase transformation. A strong tendency of phase transformation driven by an electric field generates peak piezoelectric response. Further, phase-field modeling reveals that the polarization alignment and the piezoelectric response can be much enhanced by the electric-field-driven phase transformation. In conclusion, the proposed mechanism will be helpful to design and optimize the new piezoelectrics, ferromagnetics, or other related functional materials.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; FRF-TP-17-001B; FG02-07ER46417

OSTI ID:: 1461181

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1418386

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 5; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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