Large piezoelectricity with enhanced thermal stability in BiScO3-BiInO3-PbTiO3 ternary perovskite ceramics.

Simultaneously achieving large piezoelectricity and excellent thermal stability in a piezoceramic is highly desired for constructing advanced high-temperature electromechanical coupling devices. Here, a large high-temperature piezoelectric coefficient (d 33 = 523 pC/N at 200 °C) with a small fluctuation rate (η ≤ ±10 %) over an ultra-broaden temperature range of 48–342 °C was achieved in novel z BiScO 3 - x BiInO 3 - y PbTiO 3 (z BS- x BI- y PT) ternary perovskite piezoceramics with a high Curie temperature of 440 °C. The morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) of multiphase coexistence can be driven and optimized in this system, which is mainly responsible for the enhanced piezoelectricity, and the optimal MPB composition is located at x / y / z = 0.010/0.625/0.365. The excellent temperature stability of the optimal MPB sample should be attributed to the increase in the number of thermally stable irreversible non-180° domains. z BS- x BI- y PT perovskite ceramics with excellent comprehensive high-temperature piezoelectric properties exceed many reported lead-based counterparts, and are more suitable for electromechanical coupling applications at harsh elevated temperatures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]