An overview of lead-free piezoelectric materials and devices

Huige Wei; Hui Wang; Yijie Xia; Dapeng Cui; Yapeng Shi; Mengyao Dong; Chuntai Liu; Tao Ding; Jiaoxia Zhang; Yong Ma; Ning Wang; Zicheng Wang; Ye Sun; Renbo Wei; Zhanhu Guo

doi:10.1039/C8TC04515A

An overview of lead-free piezoelectric materials and devices

Huige Wei,*^a Hui Wang,^a Yijie Xia,^a Dapeng Cui,*^b Yapeng Shi,^a Mengyao Dong,^cd Chuntai Liu,*^c Tao Ding,*^e Jiaoxia Zhang,^df Yong Ma,^dg Ning Wang,^h Zicheng Wang,^di Ye Sun,^j Renbo Wei

*ⁱ and Zhanhu Guo

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^a College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
E-mail: huigewei@tust.edu.cn

^b College of Packing and Printing Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
E-mail: dapeng@tust.edu.cn

^c National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
E-mail: ctliu@zzu.edu.cn

^d Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
E-mail: zguo10@utk.edu

^e College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China

^f School of Material Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003, China

^g College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China

^h State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China

ⁱ Research Branch of Advanced Functional Materials, School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
E-mail: weirb10@uestc.edu.cn

^j Tianjin Morgan-Kundom Hi-Tech Development Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300457, China

Abstract

Piezoelectric materials and devices have drawn extensive attention for energy harvesting due to their excellent electromechanical conversion properties. With increasing concerns about environmental problems in traditional lead-based piezoelectric materials, it is imperative to develop lead-free piezoelectric alternatives. This paper is intended to give a brief review on the most recent advances in both inorganic (with an emphasis on piezoelectric ceramics and ZnO nanostructures) and organic (i.e. polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) and its copolymers and their composites, and biopolymers) lead-free piezoelectric materials. State-of-the-art piezoelectric devices, namely, nanogenerators, sensors, and transducers, are also introduced with detailed examples. Finally, the challenges and perspectives of lead-free piezoelectric materials and devices are given.

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