Novel perovskite-type ferroelectrics with high curie temperature and piezoresponse

Through data-mining of material genome approach, perovskite-type BiFeO
₃
-Bi(Zn
_1/2
Ti
_1/2
)O
₃
-PbTiO
₃
and BiFeO
₃
-Bi(Zn
_1/2
Ti
_1/2
)O
₃
-BaTiO
₃
ternary solid solution were designed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally to be promising novel high temperature ferroelectric piezoceramic materials. Like the PZT system, they are potential alternatives of PbNb
₂
O
₆
and Bi
₄
Ti
₃
O
₁₂
-based piezoceramics for future piezotronic applications operating in the hot environments.