Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-17DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101153
Xingkun Ning, Yongmao Ran, Jiaying Han, Linjie Gao, Shufang Wang
Transparent thermoelectric CdO thin films exhibit critical flexibility and thermoelectric performance that require focused research to advance flexible transparent self-powered devices. Here, we demonstrate the superior flexibility of freestanding single-crystalline CdO membranes. These membranes achieve a notable room-temperature power factor of 1.48 μW·cm−1·K−2 and exhibit superior optical transmittance exceeding 94% in the 550–800 nm range. Crucially, freestanding CdO exhibits exceptional mechanical robustness, retaining >90% electrical conductivity after 1000 bending cycles (radius: 11.5 mm). Microstructure analyses confirm polycrystalline CdO films suffer from grain boundary cracking under bending due to stress concentration, but single-crystal CdO membranes—without grain boundaries to concentrate stress—exhibit better flexibility and resistance to cracking. Furthermore, curvature-induced strain boosts the power factor by 12.8%, providing a curvature-controlled strain engineering strategy to optimize flexible thermoelectric performance. This work establishes freestanding CdO as a highly efficient and flexible thermoelectric material and suggests a fundamental strategy for designing robust smart materials for transparent, self-powered flexible electronics.
{"title":"Remarkable flexibility and curvature-tunable thermoelectric properties in transparent freestanding single-crystalline CdO membranes","authors":"Xingkun Ning, Yongmao Ran, Jiaying Han, Linjie Gao, Shufang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transparent thermoelectric CdO thin films exhibit critical flexibility and thermoelectric performance that require focused research to advance flexible transparent self-powered devices. Here, we demonstrate the superior flexibility of freestanding single-crystalline CdO membranes. These membranes achieve a notable room-temperature power factor of 1.48 μW·cm<sup>−1</sup>·K<sup>−2</sup> and exhibit superior optical transmittance exceeding 94% in the 550–800 nm range. Crucially, freestanding CdO exhibits exceptional mechanical robustness, retaining >90% electrical conductivity after 1000 bending cycles (radius: 11.5 mm). Microstructure analyses confirm polycrystalline CdO films suffer from grain boundary cracking under bending due to stress concentration, but single-crystal CdO membranes—without grain boundaries to concentrate stress—exhibit better flexibility and resistance to cracking. Furthermore, curvature-induced strain boosts the power factor by 12.8%, providing a curvature-controlled strain engineering strategy to optimize flexible thermoelectric performance. This work establishes freestanding CdO as a highly efficient and flexible thermoelectric material and suggests a fundamental strategy for designing robust smart materials for transparent, self-powered flexible electronics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101153"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145784654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2026.101181
Yanrui Li , Ruyu Guo , Tingting Kong , Shaohua Shen
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Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-08-22DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101124
Huisheng Tian , Yan Zhou , Jie Yin , Buhao Zhang , Li Wang , Jiayi Geng , Zhengren Huang
Directional thermal transport materials enable anisotropic heat flow, thereby enhancing the efficiency of thermal management systems. These materials have found broad applications in aerospace, electronics, and automotive industries. Silicon carbide (SiC) based composites, with their exceptional properties including high modulus, thermal stability, and superior thermal conductivity, serve as an ideal structural material. Strategic manipulation over microstructure and composition enables directional thermal management, expanding applicability in thermal management and achieving structural-functional integration. By combining selective laser printing with precursor impregnation and pyrolysis (PIP), this work presents an innovative approach to fabricating thermally anisotropic Cf/SiC composites that integrate both structural and functional properties. The optimized composite (20% (in volume) chopped Cf) exhibited high fiber alignment (fp = 0.7677) and pronounced thermal anisotropy, with thermal conductivities of 70.14 W/(m·K) perpendicular and 38.87 W/(m·K) parallel to the printing plane (anisotropy ratio: 1.8). This directional heat transport, enabled by fiber orientation and phonon scattering control, is critical for advanced thermal management. The composite also maintained good mechanical strength, exhibiting a flexural strength of (150.4 ± 9.8) MPa parallel to the printing plane, finalizing in a structural and functional integration.
{"title":"Thermal anisotropy in chopped Cf reinforced SiC composites by laser printing and polymer infiltration-pyrolysis techniques","authors":"Huisheng Tian , Yan Zhou , Jie Yin , Buhao Zhang , Li Wang , Jiayi Geng , Zhengren Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101124","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Directional thermal transport materials enable anisotropic heat flow, thereby enhancing the efficiency of thermal management systems. These materials have found broad applications in aerospace, electronics, and automotive industries. Silicon carbide (SiC) based composites, with their exceptional properties including high modulus, thermal stability, and superior thermal conductivity, serve as an ideal structural material. Strategic manipulation over microstructure and composition enables directional thermal management, expanding applicability in thermal management and achieving structural-functional integration. By combining selective laser printing with precursor impregnation and pyrolysis (PIP), this work presents an innovative approach to fabricating thermally anisotropic C<sub>f</sub>/SiC composites that integrate both structural and functional properties. The optimized composite (20% (in volume) chopped C<sub>f</sub>) exhibited high fiber alignment (<em>f</em><sub>p</sub> = 0.7677) and pronounced thermal anisotropy, with thermal conductivities of 70.14 W/(m·K) perpendicular and 38.87 W/(m·K) parallel to the printing plane (anisotropy ratio: 1.8). This directional heat transport, enabled by fiber orientation and phonon scattering control, is critical for advanced thermal management. The composite also maintained good mechanical strength, exhibiting a flexural strength of (150.4 ± 9.8) MPa parallel to the printing plane, finalizing in a structural and functional integration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101124"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144899768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-14DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2026.101173
Jian Luo
Over the past decade, the field of high-entropy ceramics (HECs) has expanded rapidly to encompass a broad range of oxides, borides, silicides, and other ceramic solid solutions. In 2020, we proposed extending HECs to compositionally complex ceramics (CCCs), where non-equimolar compositions and the presence of long- or short-range order, although reducing configurational entropy, create new opportunities to tailor and enhance properties, often surpassing those of higher-entropy counterparts. Along these lines, several fundamental scientific questions arise. Is the entropy in HECs truly high? Is maximizing entropy always desirable? In this perspective article, I revisit key concepts and terminologies and highlight emerging directions, including dual-phase CCCs, ultrahigh-entropy phases, and novel processing routes such as ultrafast reactive sintering. I propose that exploring compositional complexity across vast non-equimolar spaces, together with exploiting correlated disorder (coupled chemical and structural short-range order), represents a transformative strategy for designing ceramics with superior performance.
{"title":"From high-entropy ceramics to compositionally complex ceramics and beyond","authors":"Jian Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2026.101173","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2026.101173","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the past decade, the field of high-entropy ceramics (HECs) has expanded rapidly to encompass a broad range of oxides, borides, silicides, and other ceramic solid solutions. In 2020, we proposed extending HECs to compositionally complex ceramics (CCCs), where non-equimolar compositions and the presence of long- or short-range order, although reducing configurational entropy, create new opportunities to tailor and enhance properties, often surpassing those of higher-entropy counterparts. Along these lines, several fundamental scientific questions arise. <em>Is the entropy in HECs truly high? Is maximizing entropy always desirable?</em> In this perspective article, I revisit key concepts and terminologies and highlight emerging directions, including dual-phase CCCs, ultrahigh-entropy phases, and novel processing routes such as ultrafast reactive sintering. I propose that exploring compositional complexity across vast non-equimolar spaces, together with exploiting correlated disorder (coupled chemical and structural short-range order), represents a transformative strategy for designing ceramics with superior performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101173"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145962496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101123
Hao Bai , Peng Wei , Lei Zhuang, Hui Wang, Hulei Yu, Yanhui Chu
The exploitation of high-entropy rare-earth monosilicates (HEREMSs) with enhanced calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicate (CMAS) corrosion resistance is vital for their potential applications as environmental barrier coatings (EBCs). Here, we present an inverse design strategy to explore HEREMSs with superior CMAS corrosion resistance. By high-throughput synthesis and dissolution experiments of equimolar 1–12-cation apatite powders at 1400 °C, four optimized rare-earth elements, Lu, Yb, Er, and Nd, are determined to compositionally screen preferable high-entropy apatite with the lowest dissolution rate in CMAS melt, ultimately facilitating the inversely design of novel (Nd2/15Er3/5Yb2/15Lu2/15)2SiO5 (HEREMS-1). Further CMAS corrosion experiments have verified its superior CMAS corrosion resistance at temperatures up to 1500 °C, exceeding the performance of previously reported EBC materials. Our work paves an alternative way for developing HEREMSs with exceptional CMAS corrosion resistance, making them highly suitable for future EBC applications.
{"title":"Inverse design of high-entropy rare-earth monosilicates with superior CMAS corrosion resistance","authors":"Hao Bai , Peng Wei , Lei Zhuang, Hui Wang, Hulei Yu, Yanhui Chu","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101123","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The exploitation of high-entropy rare-earth monosilicates (HEREMSs) with enhanced calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicate (CMAS) corrosion resistance is vital for their potential applications as environmental barrier coatings (EBCs). Here, we present an inverse design strategy to explore HEREMSs with superior CMAS corrosion resistance. By high-throughput synthesis and dissolution experiments of equimolar 1–12-cation apatite powders at 1400 °C, four optimized rare-earth elements, Lu, Yb, Er, and Nd, are determined to compositionally screen preferable high-entropy apatite with the lowest dissolution rate in CMAS melt, ultimately facilitating the inversely design of novel (Nd<sub>2/15</sub>Er<sub>3/5</sub>Yb<sub>2/15</sub>Lu<sub>2/15</sub>)<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>5</sub> (HEREMS-1). Further CMAS corrosion experiments have verified its superior CMAS corrosion resistance at temperatures up to 1500 °C, exceeding the performance of previously reported EBC materials. Our work paves an alternative way for developing HEREMSs with exceptional CMAS corrosion resistance, making them highly suitable for future EBC applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101123"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144851562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101143
Shaoyang Dai , Xibing Wu , Dianhui Wang, Qianhui Fu, Peng Liu, Feng Wang, Daosheng Liu, Wenping Liu, Jianqiu Deng
The utilization of hybrid ion batteries (HIBs) effectively reduces the consumption of scarce Li resources and harnesses the synergistic effect of mixed ions to achieve performance comparable to that of lithium-ion batteries. However, there is currently a lack of anode materials that possess both high safety and excellent performance for HIBs. Herein, we present a novel structure of enclosed hard carbon nanotubes (HCNTs) doped with high levels of nitrogen and oxygen as anodes for HIBs. When utilized in LiNaK HIBs, they exhibit superior reversible capacity (440.1 mA⋅h·g−1 at 100 mA/g) and enhanced rate performance (327.7 mA⋅h·g−1 at 1 A/g) compared to single alkali metal ion batteries. These improvements can be attributed to the design of a one-dimensional structure that features highly doped hard carbon, which significantly enhances carrier transport. Furthermore, first-principles calculations reveal the synergistic effect of hybrid ions in nitrogen-doped hard carbon nanotubes, enhancing the ion adsorption stability in the carbon layer. This study introduces a substantial anode material for HIBs and expands the scope from binary to ternary HIB systems.
{"title":"Highly oxygen/nitrogen doped enclosed carbon nanotubes as anode materials for advanced Li+/Na+/K+ hybrid ion batteries","authors":"Shaoyang Dai , Xibing Wu , Dianhui Wang, Qianhui Fu, Peng Liu, Feng Wang, Daosheng Liu, Wenping Liu, Jianqiu Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The utilization of hybrid ion batteries (HIBs) effectively reduces the consumption of scarce Li resources and harnesses the synergistic effect of mixed ions to achieve performance comparable to that of lithium-ion batteries. However, there is currently a lack of anode materials that possess both high safety and excellent performance for HIBs. Herein, we present a novel structure of enclosed hard carbon nanotubes (HCNTs) doped with high levels of nitrogen and oxygen as anodes for HIBs. When utilized in Li<img>Na<img>K HIBs, they exhibit superior reversible capacity (440.1 mA⋅h·g<sup>−1</sup> at 100 mA/g) and enhanced rate performance (327.7 mA⋅h·g<sup>−1</sup> at 1 A/g) compared to single alkali metal ion batteries. These improvements can be attributed to the design of a one-dimensional structure that features highly doped hard carbon, which significantly enhances carrier transport. Furthermore, first-principles calculations reveal the synergistic effect of hybrid ions in nitrogen-doped hard carbon nanotubes, enhancing the ion adsorption stability in the carbon layer. This study introduces a substantial anode material for HIBs and expands the scope from binary to ternary HIB systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101143"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145447565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101156
Ying Wang , Bo Yang , Hanqing Yu , Dingxin Shuai , Xiuqiong Hu , Ying Zhang , Jiyue Hou , Yiyong Zhang
Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) exhibit high energy density and high theoretical specific capacity, approximately one order of magnitude higher than traditional lithium-ion batteries. However, the shuttling effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) generated during the charge-discharge process severely compromises battery performance and hinders commercialization. In this paper, a 3D porous carbon gel sulfur host, M@rGO–PCG (M = Ni, Co), composed of transition metal particles and redox graphene, was fabricated through gelation and freeze-drying techniques. This material enhances the conductivity of the cathode, buffers the volume expansion of the electrode, and further accelerates the catalytic conversion of LiPSs. The assembled Ni@rGO–PCG/S and Co@rGO–PCG/S batteries deliver initial discharge specific capacities of 1390.0 mA⋅h⋅g−1 and 1603.6 mA⋅h⋅g−1 at a current rate of 0.1C, respectively. The findings provide valuable insights into the synergistic suppression of the shuttling effect through multiple functions.
{"title":"3D porous carbon gel composite with transition metal particles for anchoring-diffusion-conversion of polysulfides for lithium–sulfur batteries","authors":"Ying Wang , Bo Yang , Hanqing Yu , Dingxin Shuai , Xiuqiong Hu , Ying Zhang , Jiyue Hou , Yiyong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101156","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101156","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) exhibit high energy density and high theoretical specific capacity, approximately one order of magnitude higher than traditional lithium-ion batteries. However, the shuttling effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) generated during the charge-discharge process severely compromises battery performance and hinders commercialization. In this paper, a 3D porous carbon gel sulfur host, M@rGO–PCG (M = Ni, Co), composed of transition metal particles and redox graphene, was fabricated through gelation and freeze-drying techniques. This material enhances the conductivity of the cathode, buffers the volume expansion of the electrode, and further accelerates the catalytic conversion of LiPSs. The assembled Ni@rGO–PCG/S and Co@rGO–PCG/S batteries deliver initial discharge specific capacities of 1390.0 mA⋅h⋅g<sup>−1</sup> and 1603.6 mA⋅h⋅g<sup>−1</sup> at a current rate of 0.1C, respectively. The findings provide valuable insights into the synergistic suppression of the shuttling effect through multiple functions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101156"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145844898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-15DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101154
Xuewen Jiang , Wei Wang , Aiwen Xie , Ziyi Tang , Ao Tian , Xin Gao , Xiaokuo Er , Liqiang Liu , Ruzhong Zuo
The development of high-performance lead-free energy storage capacitors is crucial for sustainable technologies, yet hindered in NaNbO3-based antiferroelectric (AFE) ceramics because of significant polarization hysteresis from field-induced AFE-ferroelectric (FE) phase transitions. This hysteresis fundamentally limits the simultaneous optimization of recoverable energy density (Wrec) and efficiency (η). Herein, we demonstrate that lamellar nanodomain engineering via compositional design in a (0.87–x)NaNbO3–0.13Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3–xBi(Mg0.5Ti0.5)O3 system effectively overcomes this bottleneck. The optimized composition (x = 0.05) delivers exceptional energy storage performance with a Wrec of ∼8.2 J/cm3, a η of ∼88.9%, and a power density of ∼207 MW/cm3. Analysis on multiscale structure evolution reveals that this compositional tuning induces a phase transformation from AFE P to AFE R symmetry, accompanied by an enhanced local structural disorder. Critically, the formation of lamellar AFE R-phase nanodomains with width ranging from 2 nm to 6 nm drives a quasi-linear polarization response with minimal hysteresis. Concurrently, the refined grain size improves the ceramic resistivity, substantially enhancing dielectric breakdown strength. These synergistic effects collectively yield outstanding energy storage properties, demonstrating that engineering lamellar AFE R-phase nanodomains is an efficient strategy to optimize overall energy storage performance of NaNbO3-based materials.
{"title":"Boosting energy storage in lead-free NaNbO3-based antiferroelectric ceramics through lamellar nanodomain engineering","authors":"Xuewen Jiang , Wei Wang , Aiwen Xie , Ziyi Tang , Ao Tian , Xin Gao , Xiaokuo Er , Liqiang Liu , Ruzhong Zuo","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101154","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101154","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of high-performance lead-free energy storage capacitors is crucial for sustainable technologies, yet hindered in NaNbO<sub>3</sub>-based antiferroelectric (AFE) ceramics because of significant polarization hysteresis from field-induced AFE-ferroelectric (FE) phase transitions. This hysteresis fundamentally limits the simultaneous optimization of recoverable energy density (<em>W</em><sub>rec</sub>) and efficiency (<em>η</em>). Herein, we demonstrate that lamellar nanodomain engineering <em>via</em> compositional design in a (0.87–<em>x</em>)NaNbO<sub>3</sub>–0.13Bi<sub>0.5</sub>Na<sub>0.5</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub>–<em>x</em>Bi(Mg<sub>0.5</sub>Ti<sub>0.5</sub>)O<sub>3</sub> system effectively overcomes this bottleneck. The optimized composition (<em>x</em> = 0.05) delivers exceptional energy storage performance with a <em>W</em><sub>rec</sub> of ∼8.2 J/cm<sup>3</sup>, a <em>η</em> of ∼88.9%, and a power density of ∼207 MW/cm<sup>3</sup>. Analysis on multiscale structure evolution reveals that this compositional tuning induces a phase transformation from AFE <em>P</em> to AFE <em>R</em> symmetry, accompanied by an enhanced local structural disorder. Critically, the formation of lamellar AFE <em>R</em>-phase nanodomains with width ranging from 2 nm to 6 nm drives a quasi-linear polarization response with minimal hysteresis. Concurrently, the refined grain size improves the ceramic resistivity, substantially enhancing dielectric breakdown strength. These synergistic effects collectively yield outstanding energy storage properties, demonstrating that engineering lamellar AFE <em>R</em>-phase nanodomains is an efficient strategy to optimize overall energy storage performance of NaNbO<sub>3</sub>-based materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101154"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145760357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-27DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101157
Tauqeer Ahmad , Wen Lei , Burhan Ullah , Wen-zhong Lu
A series of (Sr0.4Ce0.4)TiO3 + 4% (in mass) Sr2CeO4 + x% B2O3 (SCTO + 4% SCO + x% B2O3 for 1≤ x ≤ 5) composites were synthesized via solid-state reaction to investigate the effects of Sr2CeO4 and B2O3 additives on their structural evolution and microwave dielectric properties. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinement confirmed the dominant orthorhombic phase (O-phase), with SCO as a secondary phase, indicating a chemically stable composite system. HRTEM and SAED analyses further confirmed the formation of the O-phase through direct observation of the superlattice reflections. Microstructural evolution demonstrated B2O3-assisted liquid-phase sintering, reducing porosity (0.017 → 0.006) and increasing grain size (3.34 → 6.01 μm) with increasing x% (in mass). Raman spectroscopy verified octahedral tilting and CeO stretching, while B2O3 incorporation modified the TiO6 network via BO3/BO4 interactions. The εr decreased from 113 (SCTO) to 27 at x = 5%, while τf improved from +213 to +12 × 10−6/°C. The reduction in εr arises from a complex interplay of internal factors (ionic polarizability) and external factors (porosity, and density), whereas the variation in τf is governed by compensating effects from Sr2CeO4 and B2O3. Optimal microwave performance was achieved at x = 5%, with Q×f = 43,603 GHz, εr = 27, and τf of +12 × 10−6/°C. The study demonstrates that SCO and B2O3 act as effective modifiers, enhancing densification and dielectric properties in SCTO-based microwave ceramics.
{"title":"Low-loss (Sr,Ce)TiO3Sr2CeO4B2O3 ceramics composite featuring balanced microwave dielectric properties for miniaturized wireless communication applications","authors":"Tauqeer Ahmad , Wen Lei , Burhan Ullah , Wen-zhong Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A series of (Sr<sub>0.4</sub>Ce<sub>0.4</sub>)TiO<sub>3</sub> + 4% (in mass) Sr<sub>2</sub>CeO<sub>4</sub> + <em>x</em>% B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (SCTO + 4% SCO + <em>x</em>% B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> for 1≤ <em>x</em> ≤ 5) composites were synthesized <em>via</em> solid-state reaction to investigate the effects of Sr<sub>2</sub>CeO<sub>4</sub> and B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> additives on their structural evolution and microwave dielectric properties. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinement confirmed the dominant orthorhombic phase (O-phase), with SCO as a secondary phase, indicating a chemically stable composite system. HRTEM and SAED analyses further confirmed the formation of the O-phase through direct observation of the superlattice reflections. Microstructural evolution demonstrated B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-assisted liquid-phase sintering, reducing porosity (0.017 → 0.006) and increasing grain size (3.34 → 6.01 μm) with increasing <em>x</em>% (in mass). Raman spectroscopy verified octahedral tilting and Ce<img>O stretching, while B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> incorporation modified the TiO<sub>6</sub> network <em>via</em> BO<sub>3</sub>/BO<sub>4</sub> interactions. The <em>ε</em><sub>r</sub> decreased from 113 (SCTO) to 27 at <em>x</em> = 5%, while <em>τ</em><sub>f</sub> improved from +213 to +12 × 10<sup>−6</sup>/°C. The reduction in <em>ε</em><sub>r</sub> arises from a complex interplay of internal factors (ionic polarizability) and external factors (porosity, and density), whereas the variation in <em>τ</em><sub>f</sub> is governed by compensating effects from Sr<sub>2</sub>CeO<sub>4</sub> and B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. Optimal microwave performance was achieved at <em>x</em> = 5%, with <em>Q×f</em> = 43,603 GHz, <em>ε</em><sub>r</sub> = 27, and <em>τ</em><sub>f</sub> of +12 × 10<sup>−6</sup>/°C. The study demonstrates that SCO and B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> act as effective modifiers, enhancing densification and dielectric properties in SCTO-based microwave ceramics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101157"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145844897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiFeO3BaTiO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics exhibit superior piezoelectric properties while preserving a high Curie temperature. However, given the inherent Gibbs free energy law of BiFeO3, the system is difficult to avoid heterogeneous phases such as Bi25FeO39 and/or Bi2Fe4O9, which are accompanied by the volatilization of Bi3+ and the change of Fe3+, resulting in low insulating properties and high dielectric loss. These factors hinder the enhancement of polarizability and the overall performance at elevated temperatures and electric field conditions. The present study focuses on a highly leaky 0.75BiFeO3–0.25BaTiO3 ceramic, in which the Fe content is deliberately designed to be both severely excessive and deficient, and is prepared using a one-step low-temperature sintering process. It is noteworthy that the structural stability and defect suppression, even in this challenging system, are achieved via the one-step low-temperature sintering. This samples exhibit a distinctive self-tuning property and an excellent stability over a wide compositional range. First-principles density functional theory calculations and XPS analysis have for the first time confirmed that suppressing oxygen vacancies and Fe3+ valence states can reduce the concentration and mobility of hole carriers, thereby effectively reducing leakage current, with the mechanism shifting from ohmic conduction to space-charge-limited conduction. Even under the extreme compositional conditions of x = ± 5 and a low sintering temperature, the piezoelectric coefficients d33 reach 132 pC/N and 110 pC/N, respectively. These are significantly higher than those of the most stoichiometric 0.75BiFeO3–0.25BaTiO3 counterparts, setting a new performance record.
{"title":"One-step sintering enabled structural stability and defect suppression even in Fe-off-stoichiometric BiFeO3BaTiO3 piezoceramics","authors":"Shiyuan Zhang, Xingyuan Qi, Jinhao Hu, Xianxin Zhang, Mengping Xue, Bo-Ping Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>BiFeO<sub>3</sub><img>BaTiO<sub>3</sub> lead-free piezoelectric ceramics exhibit superior piezoelectric properties while preserving a high Curie temperature. However, given the inherent Gibbs free energy law of BiFeO<sub>3</sub>, the system is difficult to avoid heterogeneous phases such as Bi<sub>25</sub>FeO<sub>39</sub> and/or Bi<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>4</sub>O<sub>9</sub>, which are accompanied by the volatilization of Bi<sup>3+</sup> and the change of Fe<sup>3+</sup>, resulting in low insulating properties and high dielectric loss. These factors hinder the enhancement of polarizability and the overall performance at elevated temperatures and electric field conditions. The present study focuses on a highly leaky 0.75BiFeO<sub>3</sub>–0.25BaTiO<sub>3</sub> ceramic, in which the Fe content is deliberately designed to be both severely excessive and deficient, and is prepared using a one-step low-temperature sintering process. It is noteworthy that the structural stability and defect suppression, even in this challenging system, are achieved via the one-step low-temperature sintering. This samples exhibit a distinctive self-tuning property and an excellent stability over a wide compositional range. First-principles density functional theory calculations and XPS analysis have for the first time confirmed that suppressing oxygen vacancies and Fe<sup>3+</sup> valence states can reduce the concentration and mobility of hole carriers, thereby effectively reducing leakage current, with the mechanism shifting from ohmic conduction to space-charge-limited conduction. Even under the extreme compositional conditions of <em>x</em> = ± 5 and a low sintering temperature, the piezoelectric coefficients <em>d</em><sub>33</sub> reach 132 pC/N and 110 pC/N, respectively. These are significantly higher than those of the most stoichiometric 0.75BiFeO<sub>3</sub>–0.25BaTiO<sub>3</sub> counterparts, setting a new performance record.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"12 2","pages":"Article 101158"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145894284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}