IP Library Granted Patent US 12668548
Granted Patent B2
US 12668548 · App. 17/909,468 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Development of high power textured piezoelectric ceramics with ultrahigh electromechanical properties for large driving field applications

Inventors: Haoyang Leng (State College, PA); Yongke Yan (Port Matilda, PA); Shashank Priya (State College, PA)
Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
C04B35/499C04B35/64H10N30/097H10N30/8548C04B2235/3236C04B2235/3267C04B2235/3281
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Patent No.
US 12668548
App. No.
17/909,468
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments relate to a piezoelectric ceramic and methods of making the same that is suitable for use as a high-power piezoelectric ceramic, and in particular a piezoelectric ceramic that exhibits both good hard properties and good soft properties. Embodiments involve generating the piezoelectric ceramic via the combination of chemical modification/doping and/or a texturing method so that the piezoelectric material exhibits a large figure of merit, as well as other hard and soft properties. The chemical modification involves Cu and Mn doping a piezoelectric material composition having a relaxor-lead titanate based ferroelectric structure. The texturing involves templated grain growth (TGG) texturing using a BaTiO 3 (BT) template.

Claims (22)

1 . A piezoelectric composition, comprising:

0.24 Pb(In 1/2 Nb 1/2 )O 3 -0.42Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 -0.34PbTiO 3 (PIN-PMN-PT) doped with MnO 2 and CuO;

wherein 0.0 wt %<CuO <0.5 wt %; and

wherein MnO 2 is 2 mol %.

2 . The piezoelectric composition of claim 1 , wherein:

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 2 mol % MnO 2 and >0.0 wt % CuO, wherein d 33 =370 pC/N, Q m =1693, E c =9.33 KV/cm, and a Q m ·d 33 ·E c =0.584;

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.125 wt % CuO and 2 mol % MnO 2 , wherein d 33 =363 pC/N, Q m =2800, E c =10.1 KV/cm, and a Q m ·d 33 ·E c =1.03;

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.25 wt % CuO and 2 mol % MnO 2 , wherein d 33 =374 pC/N, Q m =2096, E c =9.81 KV/cm, and a Q m ·d 33 ·E c =0.769; or

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.5 wt % CuO and 2 mol % MnO 2 , wherein d 33 =372 pC/N, Q m =1921, E c =10.1 KV/cm, and a Q m ·d 33 ·E c =0.726.

3 . A piezoelectric composition, comprising:

0.24 Pb(In 1/2 Nb 1/2 )O 3 -0.42Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 -0.34PbTiO 3 (PIN-PMN-PT) doped with MnO 2 ;

wherein MnO 2 is 2 mol %; and

wherein the composition is textured via a templated grain growth (TGG) method using a BaTiO 3 template.

4 . The piezoelectric composition of claim 3 , wherein the BaTiO 3 content is 0.0 vol. %<BaTiO 3 ≤5 vol. %.

5 . The piezoelectric composition of claim 3 , wherein the PIN-PMN-PT is doped with CuO.

6 . The piezoelectric composition of claim 5 , wherein the composition has 0.0 wt %<CuO≤0.5 wt %.

7 . The piezoelectric composition of claim 5 , wherein the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.25 wt % CuO and 2 mol % MnO 2 , wherein d 33 >710 pC/N, k 31 =0.52, and Q m ≈950.

8 . The piezoelectric composition of claim 3 , wherein:

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 1 vol. % BaTiO 3 , wherein d 33 =457 pC/N, Q m =1249, and T c =207° C.;

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 2 vol. % BaTiO 3 , wherein d 33 =517 pC/N, Q m =1148, and T c =205° C.;

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 3 vol. % BaTiO 3 , wherein d 33 =529 pC/N, Q m =1023, and T c =205° C.; or

the PIN-PMN-PT includes 5 vol. % BaTiO 3 , wherein d 33 =475 pC/N, Q m =770, and T c =199° C.