WO2022035523A2 - Development of high power textured piezoelectric ceramics with ultrahigh electromechanical properties for large driving field applications - Google Patents

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WO2022035523A2
WO2022035523A2 PCT/US2021/040173 US2021040173W WO2022035523A2 WO 2022035523 A2 WO2022035523 A2 WO 2022035523A2 US 2021040173 W US2021040173 W US 2021040173W WO 2022035523 A2 WO2022035523 A2 WO 2022035523A2
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  • 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 at the same time.
  • 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 (Q m ⁇ d 33 ⁇ E c ).
  • Piezoelectric ceramics are materials that enable the coupling between the electric and mechanical signals, and are widely used in electromechanical devices.
  • piezoelectric ceramic For high power applications, e.g., SONAR projector, piezoelectric transformers, ultrasonic motors, actuators, underwater transducers, ultrasonic levitation, welding and cutting, ultrasonic cleaning, humidifier, cavitation, electro-acoustic devices, etc., it is typically desired for the piezoelectric ceramic to exhibit a high piezoelectric response (strain coefficient d and electromechanical coupling coefficient k), high mechanical quality factor (Q m ), and high coercive field (E c ). For instance, most of piezoelectrics used in high power device applications require high vibration velocity v rms of the piezoelectric element in order to possess ability to survive under high output power.
  • a material with low vibration velocity will have high temperature rise under high electric or mechanical drive conditions and it will become depoled.
  • high power piezoelectric materials should possess high Q m and high d 33 . Further, it should have high coercive field, E c , in order to resist the depoling under high field conditions.
  • E c coercive field
  • piezoelectrics are typically desired for effective electric to mechanical energy conversion.
  • high-power piezoelectric materials suitable for such harsh high power operating conditions should possess both good soft properties (high sensitivity to electric fields) and good hard properties (require a high applied voltage for polarization to be very stable and operate well in environments with high mechanical or electric stress) at the same time.
  • conventional polycrystalline piezoelectric materials are randomly oriented ceramics, which cannot have both high Q m and high d 33 .
  • 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 at the same time.
  • Q m ⁇ d 33 ⁇ E c 1 CV/Nm is over 2 times higher than conventional piezoelectric ceramics.
  • a d 33 363 pC/N
  • Q m 2800
  • E c 10 KV/cm
  • Q m ⁇ d 33 ⁇ E c 1 CV/Nm.
  • a piezoelectric composition includes 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.
  • the PIN-PMN-PT is doped with CuO.
  • a method of making a high-powered piezoelectric composition involves doping 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) with MnO 2 and CuO.
  • the method involves texturing the Cu-Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT via a templated grain growth method (TGG).
  • TGG templated grain growth method
  • the method the TGG involves use of a BaTiO 3 template.
  • the method involves increasing the tetragonality degree PIN- PMN-PT via TGG.
  • FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram for exemplary methods for generating a piezoelectric ceramic.
  • FIG. 2 shows XRD patterns of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • FIG. 3 shows SEM micrographs of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents (x).
  • FIG. 4 shows SEM images of Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 .
  • FIG. 5 shows SEM images of BaTiO 3.
  • FIG. 6 shows XRD pattern of the BaTiO 3 templates.
  • FIG. 7 shows XRD patterns of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-xBT ceramics.
  • FIG. 8 shows texture degree F (00l) as a function of BT template content. [0037] FIG.
  • FIG. 9 shows EBSD images of : (a) Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-3BT; (b) Mn doped PIN- PMN-PT-0BT ceramics; (c) and (e) the inversed pole figures with MUD (multiples uniform pole) data corresponding to (a) and (b), respectively.
  • FIG. 10 shows SEM micrographs of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-xBT ceramics.
  • FIG. 11 shows SEM images and EDS element mapping of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-3BT ceramic.
  • FIG. 12 shows dielectric permittivity for random and textured ceramics.
  • FIG. 13 shows dielectric loss as a function of temperature for random and textured ceramics.
  • FIG. 14 shows P-E hysteresis loops for random and textured ceramics.
  • FIG. 15 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured ceramics.
  • FIG. 16 shows the piezoelectric constant d 33 , mechanical quality factor Q m , and coercive field E c as a function of BT template content.
  • FIG. 17 shows the magnification of XRD patterns of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-xBT ceramics in the range from 42 o to 47 o .
  • FIG. 18 shows polarization rotation between rhombohedral and tetragonal crystal structure. [0047] FIG.
  • FIG. 19 shows XRD patterns for textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • FIG. 20 shows EBSD images of random and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 21 shows STEM image and the corresponding EDS element mapping of textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic.
  • FIG. 22 shows impedance and phase angle spectra for textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT- 2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic.
  • FIG. 20 shows EBSD images of random and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 21 shows STEM image and the corresponding EDS element mapping of textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt
  • FIG. 23 shows comparation of piezoelectric figure of merit d 33 ⁇ g 33 and k 31 for random, Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 24 shows microstructures of textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic.
  • FIG. 25 shows high-power piezoelectric vibration characteristics of commercial hard and textured ceramics.
  • Vibration velocity as a function of the measured frequency under constant voltage condition for (a) commercial hard PZT 4, (b) commercial hard APC 841, (c) textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-1BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-1BT), and (d) textured Mn doped PIN-PMN- PT-0.5BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-0.5BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 1 Vibration velocity as a function of the measured frequency under constant voltage condition for (a) commercial hard PZT 4, (b) commercial hard APC 841, (c) textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-1BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-1BT), and (d) textured Mn doped PIN-PMN- PT-0.5BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-0.5BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 26 shows comparation of maximum vibration velocities for commercial hard PZT 4, commercial hard APC 841, textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-1BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-1BT), and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-0.5BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-0.5BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 27 shows dielectric permittivity curves for textured ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • FIG. 28 shows dielectric loss as a function of temperature for textured ceramics with CuO content.
  • FIG. 29 shows P-E hysteresis loops for random and textured ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • FIG. 30 shows unipolar S-E for random and textured ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • FIG. 31 shows a comparison of d 33 , k 31 , and Q m in representative textured lead-free/lead- based piezoelectric ceramics.
  • FIG. 32 shows Q m and d 33 of developed high-power textured ceramics, compared to commercial hard and soft-type piezoelectric ceramics (Textured: High-power textured piezoceramics; T-2-0.25: Textured-2 mol% Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT + 0.25 wt% CuO; T-2: Textured-2 mol% Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT).
  • FIG. 31 shows a comparison of d 33 , k 31 , and Q m in representative textured lead-free/lead- based piezoelectric ceramics.
  • FIG. 32 shows Q m and d 33 of developed high-power textured ceramics, compared to commercial hard and
  • FIG. 33 shows comparison of relevant parameters (d 33 , Q m , E c ) in representative textured piezoelectric ceramics and Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal.
  • FIG. 34 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 34 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 35 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 36 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 37 shows XRD patterns of random and textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.25PbZrO3- 0.35PbTiO3-0.36Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.04Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.36PMN-0.04PZN) ceramics.
  • FIG. 38 shows XRD patterns of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6Pb(Zr0.445Ti0.555)O3- 0.4Pb(Zn1/6Ni1/6Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.4PZNN) ceramics.
  • FIG. 38 shows XRD patterns of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6Pb(Zr0.445Ti0.555)O3- 0.4Pb(Zn1/6Ni1/6Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.4PZNN) ceramics.
  • FIG. 39 shows SEM micrographs of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6PZT-0.4PZNN-xBT ceramics.
  • FIG. 40 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.25 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 41 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.5 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 40 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.25 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 40 shows X
  • Embodiments disclosed herein can include a material that can be configured to have a piezoelectric, a dielectric, and/or an electromechanical property. In some embodiments, the material can be included in a device or other type of apparatus. Some devices can include a plurality of materials.
  • an exemplary apparatus can be configured as a piezoelectric system or piezoelectric device having at least one embodiment of the material.
  • the device can be a piezoelectric sensor, a piezoelectric transducer, a piezoelectric generator, a piezoelectric actuator, etc.
  • Some embodiments of the apparatus can be configured for generating a material for piezoelectric devices that may be suitable for high performance electromechanical applications.
  • Embodiments of the material may include a ceramic.
  • Embodiments of the material may be configured to include a perovskite crystalline structure.
  • a perovskite crystalline structure can include a general chemical formula of ABX 3 , where A 2+ and B 4+ may be cations and X 2- may be oxygen.
  • An exemplary perovskite ceramic can be lead titanate (PbTiO 3 ), for example.
  • the lattice structure of a perovskite material at room temperature can exhibit phases that are cubic, orthorhombic, tetragonal, monoclinic, rhombohedral, etc. Mixed phases can also exist at the same time and this is advantageous in achieving high soft properties.
  • the oxygen may be located at the face centers of the lattice.
  • the size and/or valence of the A and/or B ions can be changed or controlled to generate distortions and/or introduce instability in the crystalline structure.
  • Some embodiments of the material can include a ferroelectric property.
  • the material can exhibit a polarization that may be modifiable due to an application of an electric filed (E-field).
  • E-field electric filed
  • Some embodiments of the material can include a binary system or a binary mixture of substances.
  • Some embodiments of a material can include a ternary system or a ternary mixture of substances.
  • Some embodiments of the material can be configured as a binary and/or ternary system.
  • Some embodiments of the material may be configured to include a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB).
  • MPB morphotropic phase boundary
  • Some embodiments of the material may be configured to include mixed rhombohedral and/or tetragonal ferroelectric phases.
  • Embodiments of a piezoelectric device may include any one and/or combination of the materials and/or systems described herein.
  • Some embodiments of the material may be configured to include a relaxor-based ferroelectric structure.
  • An example can be a relaxor-lead titanate based ferroelectric structure, which may have a general formula of Pb(M I ,M II )O 3 -PbTiO 3 .
  • Pb(M I ,M II )O 3 may be referred to as a relaxor end member.
  • Pb can be referred to as A-site.
  • the M I ,M II and/or Ti can be referred to as B- sites.
  • the M I may be a low valance cation.
  • the M II may be a high valance cation.
  • the (M I ,M II ) portion may generate a relaxor component.
  • Relaxor components can include polarized nanoregions (PNRs). PNRs can be formed by causing a nanoscale local region to have a dominant structure with spontaneous polarizations different from a nearby matrix of the material. The spontaneous polarization regions may be with a range from several nanometers to several tens of nanometers.
  • Exemplary materials with PNRs may include lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT), lead magnesium niobate (PMN), lead zinc niobate (PZN), PMN-lead titanate (PbTiO 3 ) solid solution, lead barium metaniobate (PBN), Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 O 3 (NBT), etc.
  • Exemplary relaxor-based ferroelectric materials with perovskite structures can include PMN, PMN-PT, etc.
  • An aspect of the method can include use of chemical modifications and/or texturing. Texturing may be done to generate a piezoelectric ceramic with non-randomly orientated grains.
  • texturing may be done to increase the tetragonality degree of the piezoelectric ceramic.
  • the chemical modifications may be done to increase vibration velocity (v ⁇ Q m ⁇ d ⁇ E c ) of the ceramic.
  • Any one or combination of the embodiments chemical modifications and texturing can be used to generate a piezoelectric ceramic with high strain coefficient d, high electromechanical coupling coefficient k, high mechanical quality factor (Q m ), and/or high coercive field (E c ), thereby leading to high vibration velocity (v ⁇ Q m ⁇ d ⁇ E c ) and large figure of merit (Q m ⁇ d 33 ⁇ E c ).
  • a Cu doped piezoelectric ceramic which involves forming a matrix powder including a composition having a relaxor-lead titanate based ferroelectric structure with a general formula of Pb(M I ,M II )O 3 -PbTiO 3 .
  • the composition is doped using MnO 2 (e.g., using 2 mol. % MnO 2 ).
  • the Mn-doped composition is synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method: 1) In 2 O 3 and Nb 2 O 5 are used to prepare InNb 2 O 4 precursor; 2) stoichiometric amounts of PbO, InNb 2 O 4 , MgNb 2 O 6 , TiO 2 , and MnO 2 are mixed into the composition. The mixture is allowed to dry. The dried mixtures are calcinated. This process can form a 2mol. % MnO 2 doped 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”) in powder form.
  • FIG. 1 also shows an exemplary process for fabricating a textured piezoelectric ceramic using BaTiO 3 (BT) templates via a templated grain growth (TGG) texturing process.
  • the BT- TGG texturing process can be used to texture a Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT, as well as a Cu-Mn- doped PIN-PMN-PT.
  • the process involves forming a matrix powder including a composition having a relaxor-lead titanate based ferroelectric structure with a general formula of Pb(M I ,M II )O 3 - PbTiO 3 .
  • the composition is doped using MnO 2 (e.g., using 2 mol. % MnO 2 ).
  • Mn-doped composition is synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method: 1) In 2 O 3 and Nb 2 O 5 are used to prepare InNb 2 O 4 precursor; 2) stoichiometric amounts of PbO, InNb 2 O 4 , MgNb 2 O 6 , TiO 2 , and MnO 2 are mixed into the composition. The mixture is allowed to dry.
  • the dried mixtures are calcinated.
  • This process can form a 2mol. % MnO 2 doped 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”) in powder form.
  • the Mn-doped PIN-PMN- PT can then be textured, or CuO can be added to the Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powder before being textured.
  • BaTiO 3 (BT) templates are prepared by a two-step topochemical microcrystal conversion (TMC) method.
  • the Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT or the Cu-Mn-doped PIN- PMN-PT is then textured by a TGG process using BT templates.
  • BT-TGG textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT or Cu-Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT can be sintered, and poled.
  • Chemical Modification/Doping [0080] An embodiment involves adding Cu to a Mn-doped piezoelectric ceramic.
  • Embodiments of the piezoelectric ceramic include a 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”) that is Mn-doped and modified via the addition of Cu.
  • the piezoelectric ceramic can be 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO 2 doped PIN-PMN-PT.
  • the 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO 2 doped PIN-PMN-PT exhibits a figure of merit (Q m ⁇ d 33 ⁇ E c ) of at least 1 CV/Nm, which is over 2 times higher than the state-of-art commercial piezoelectric ceramics including PZT4 and PZT8 (0.21 and 0.43 CV/Nm, respectively).
  • the Cu-Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT with 0.125 wt% CuO is exemplary.
  • the wt% of CuO can range from 0.0 wt% to 0.5 wt%.
  • Exemplary Cu-Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramic [0083] Exemplary samples of a Cu-Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT were fabricated to ascertain the hard and soft properties of such a piezoelectric ceramic. The fabrication of the samples involved generating a matrix powder, the matrix powder including a composition of 2 mol% MnO 2 doped PIN-PMN-PT synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method. Raw materials of In 2 O 3 and Nb 2 O 5 were used to prepare InNb 2 O 4 precursor at 1100 o C for 7 h.
  • the pellets were embedded in calcined Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powders containing 1.5 wt% excess PbO within a closed crucible and sintered at 1150-1220 o C for 6 h in air.
  • the crystal phases of the sintered pellets were determined using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Microstructures were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). For electrical measurements, the sample surfaces were polished and coated with silver paste. All the samples were poled at 40 kV/cm for 30 min at 140 o C. After aging for 48 h, the piezoelectric coefficient d 33 was measured by using a d 33 meter. Polarization vs.
  • FIG. 2 shows the XRD patterns for Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. All samples exhibited pure perovskite structure without any noticeable secondary phase.
  • FIG. 3 shows the SEM images of the fracture surface of Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • Table 1 lists the dielectric and piezoelectric properties for Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • the Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT sample with 0.125 wt% CuO exhibited a giant figure of merit of Q m ⁇ d 33 ⁇ E c around 1 CV/Nm, which is significantly higher than most commercial piezoelectric ceramics including PZT4 and PZT8 (0.21 and 0.43 CV/Nm, respectively).
  • Table 1 Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • CuO dopant can enhance both sintering ability and piezoelectric properties of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics.
  • Texturing is a process that provides grain orientation along specific crystallographic direction of a piezoelectric ceramic. This can be done to align some or all of the grains. Texturing is a known means to develop high performance piezoelectric ceramics from non-single crystal ceramics as an alternative to single crystal piezoelectric ceramics – e.g., single crystal piezoelectric ceramics tend to be expensive, and thus texturing of non-single crystal ceramics can be a suitable alternative.
  • Embodiments of the texturing method disclosed herein involve a templated grain growth (TGG) method that uses a BaTiO 3 (“BT”) template. The texturing method can be referred to as a BT-TGG.
  • both high Q m and high d 33 are not achievable because any increase in Q m and E c via domain pinning will result in the degradation of d 33 and k.
  • embodiments of the PIN-PMN-PT can be textured via the BT-TGG method to increase the piezoelectric response of the ceramic – i.e., BT-TGG texturing can improve both the strain coefficient, d, and electromechanical coupling coefficient, k.
  • Relaxor-based PIN-PMN-PT ternary ferroelectrics have been widely investigated due to their superior piezoelectric properties including high phase transition temperatures (T r-t and T c ) and high coercive field (E c ) in comparison with Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 -PbTiO 3 (PMN-PT) binary ferroelectrics.
  • Mn-doping can be used to generate the hard properties of piezoelectric ceramics, where Mn 3+ will substitute B-site in perovskite structure of piezoelectric materials creating oxygen vacancies and the oxygen vacancies will diffuse to the domain boundary region and pin the domain wall motion resulting in hard effect (high Q m and low tan ⁇ ).
  • Embodiments disclosed herein involve texturing 2 mol. % MnO 2 doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics using a BT-TGG method.
  • the effects of template content on ⁇ 001> texturing degree, microstructures, and dielectric and piezoelectric properties of textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics were investigated.
  • the CuO dopant was added to promote the texturing development of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics. It was found that the textured ceramics can exhibit excellent soft and hard combinatory properties in comparison with random counterparts, demonstrating that the texturing is an effective method to improve the piezoelectric response of piezoelectric ceramics.
  • Exemplary BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT ceramic [0094] Exemplary samples of BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT were fabricated to ascertain the hard and soft properties of such piezoelectric ceramic. [0095] The first set of samples were Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics textured via BT-TGG. The BT-TGG textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT exhibited enhanced piezoelectric coefficient d 33 and electromechanical coupling factor k 31 in comparison with a random counterpart. The effects of BT template content on piezoelectric properties of the PIN-PMN-PT ceramic was investigated.
  • % BT template – referred to as Textured-2BT and Textured 3BT are shown to exhibit a high d 33 (> 510 pC/N) and high Q m (> 1000).
  • the second set of samples were CuO modified Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics textured via BT-TGG. The CuO dopant was found to promote the texturing development of the Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT.
  • the fabrication of the samples involved generating a matrix powder, the matrix powder including a composition of 2 mol. % MnO 2 doped PIN-PMN-PT synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method.
  • Raw materials of In 2 O 3 and Nb 2 O 5 were used to prepare InNb 2 O 4 precursor at 1100 o C for 7 h.
  • Stoichiometric amounts of PbO, InNb 2 O 4 , MgNb 2 O 6 , TiO 2 , and MnO 2 were mixed in ethanol for 24 h.
  • the dried mixtures were calcined at 850 o C for 4 h.
  • the calcined powders were balled milled in ethanol for 72 h to decrease the particle size.
  • BaTiO 3 (BT) templates were prepared by two-step topochemical microcrystal conversion (TMC) method.
  • TMC topochemical microcrystal conversion
  • TGG templated grain growth
  • the samples are abbreviated as textured-xBT hereafter.
  • the matrix powders, templates, organic binder, and toluene solvent were mixed to prepare the slurries for tape casting.
  • the dried tapes were cut, stacked, and laminated to fabricate green samples.
  • the samples were then embedded in calcined Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powders containing 1.5 wt% excess PbO within a closed crucible and sintered at 1220 o C for 6 h in air.
  • the crystal phases of the textured samples were determined using X-ray diffraction. The degree of pseudocubic ⁇ 001> texture was determined by Logtering factor method. Microstructures were evaluated using SEM in combination with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). For electrical measurements, the sample surfaces were polished and coated with silver paste.
  • EDS energy dispersive spectroscopy
  • EBSD electron backscatter diffraction
  • FIGS. 4-6 show the morphology and XRD pattern of BT templates synthesized by the TMC method. It can be seen that the BT template had large anisotropy with about 10 ⁇ m in length and 1 ⁇ m in thickness, and exhibited tetragonal perovskite structure. Thus, the BT templates can be easily aligned under the shear force through doctor blade during tape casting process.
  • FIG. 7 shows the XRD patterns for both random and textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different BT template contents.
  • FIG. 8 shows the texturing degree as a function of BT template content.
  • the F (00l) increases dramatically from 80% to 91.4%, indicating that the 3 vol.% is enough to achieve a high texture quality for Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT.
  • the texturing degree further increases to 95% by increasing the BT content to 5 vol.%.
  • FIG. 10 shows the microstructure evolution of textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT with different BT contents. Both 3 vol.% and 5 vol.% textured samples show brick wall-like microstructures with well aligned BT templates (black areas) inside the oriented matrix grains, representing the development of texture, in comparison with the random ceramic with equiaxed grains. [00105] EDS mapping of textured ceramic are shown in FIG.
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 show the dielectric constant ⁇ r and loss tan ⁇ as a function of temperature for both random and textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT samples. As the template content decreases, the Curie temperature T c increases. The textured ceramics can exhibit a high T c above 200 o C, which is almost 30-70 o C higher than the binary PMN-PT ceramics, indicating the wider temperature use range for textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics in high power applications.
  • FIG. 12 and 13 show the dielectric constant ⁇ r and loss tan ⁇ as a function of temperature for both random and textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT samples. As the template content decreases, the Curie temperature T c increases. The textured ceramics can exhibit a high T c above 200 o C, which is almost 30-70 o C higher than the binary PMN-PT ceramics, indicating the wider temperature use range for textured Mn-doped P
  • FIG. 14 shows the P-E hysteresis loops for textured and random ceramics. All the samples exhibited well-saturated hysteresis loops at the electric field of 40 KV/cm.
  • FIG. 15 compares the unipolar strain-electric (S-E) curves for both textured and random ceramics. When the electric field is applied to the ceramic samples, the domain rotation will happen generating the strain response. The textured ceramics can exhibit almost ⁇ 2 times improvement in maximum strain S m at the same electric field in comparison with random counterparts, indicating that the domain rotation happens easier in textured ceramics. [00107] FIG.
  • FIG. 18 shows polarization rotation between rhombohedral and tetragonal crystal structure. Tetragonal structure has 90° spontaneous polarization directions in comparison with rhombohedral structure where the polarization direction is 71 ° as shown in FIG 18, indicating that the polarization rotation in tetragonal structure is more difficult to happen after applying the same external electrical field E, leading to lower piezoelectric response. Therefore, the reduced piezoelectric constant of textured sample with 5 vol.% BT templates is caused by the high tetragonality of the sample.
  • the crystal structure of the textured sample gradually transforms into tetragonal structure with increasing x because the BT template has a tetragonal structure.
  • the coercive field value of the tetragonal structure is higher than that of the rhombohedral structure, indicating that the domain rotation is difficult in tetragonal structure, which is consistent with experimental results where the coercive field value E c continuously increases with increasing x.
  • the mechanical quality factor Q m decreased as the BT content increased.
  • the random sample exhibited the highest Q m value of 1693.
  • Table 2 shows the dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random, textured, and reported (conventional) piezoelectric ceramics.
  • the BT textured Mn doped PIN- PMN-PT ceramics e.g., 1-BT, 2-BT, 3-BT, and 4-BT) showed improved piezoelectric properties with high T c .
  • Table 2 Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured piezoelectric ceramics, compared to reported (conventional) textured Mn doped PMN-PT ceramic CuO-doping effect on BT-TGG Method [00110]
  • a high texturing degree is usually required to achieve single crystal-like piezoelectric response for textured ceramics. Based on the results of a BT-TGG textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN- PT samples, texturing degree over 90% can be achieved using high content of BT template ( ⁇ 3 vol.
  • the Cu-ion can substitute the A/B sites of the perovskite structure to enhance the piezoelectric properties of the ceramic.
  • integrating CuO-doping, chemical modification (Mn-doping), and BT-TGG texturing can be used to develop a high-power textured PIN-PMN-PT ceramic with ultrahigh piezoelectric response.
  • Exemplary CuO doped BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT ceramic [00111] Exemplary samples of CuO doped BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT were fabricated to ascertain the hard and soft properties of such piezoelectric ceramic. Samples of a 2 mol.
  • the samples are abbreviated as textured-xBT hereafter.
  • Matrix powders, templates, organic binder, and toluene solvent were mixed to prepare the slurries for tape casting. The dried tapes were cut, stacked, and laminated to fabricate green samples.
  • FIG. 19 shows the XRD patterns for textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents.
  • CuO-doped ceramics with 1 and 2 vol. % BT templates are 94% and 97% textured, respectively, while the undoped ceramic with 2 vol.
  • FIG. 20 shows the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) mapping images, which further confirm the high ⁇ 001> orientated grains in textured ceramic compared to random counterpart.
  • FIG. 21 shows the high-magnification EDS element mapping of an interface between BT template and textured grain. The interface between the ⁇ 001> BT template and matrix grain is quite sharp, indicating that the BT template is stable inside the matrix grain.
  • FIG. 22 shows the impedance and phase angle spectra for textured Mn doped PIN-PMN- PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic. Electromechanical properties such as Q m are obtained from the electrical impedance method based on IEEE standard.
  • FIG. 23 shows the piezoelectric figure of merit d 33 ⁇ g 33 and electromechanical coupling factor k 31 for random, textured ceramics and single crystal counterpart.
  • the textured ceramic exhibits a large d 33 ⁇ g 33 value of 39.7 ⁇ 10 -12 m 2 N -1 , due to high g 33 value of 54.7 ⁇ 10 -3 V m N -1 , which is the result of the significantly improved d 33 and suppressed dielectric permittivity.
  • FIG. 24 shows the microstructures of textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic.
  • TEM Transmission electron microscopy
  • a large fraction of stripe-type nanodomains can be observed and they are parallel to each other.
  • the nanodomain with size of 15- 20 nm can be observed (see the inset of FIG. 24a).
  • the small domains with reduced domain wall energy are more flexible and easily switched under external electric field, leading to the improved extrinsic piezoelectric contributions.
  • FIG. 24b An atomic-resolution STEM image of the interface between the BT template and PIN-PMN-PT grain in T-2BT sample is shown in FIG. 24b.
  • a defect-free coherent interface can be observed, proving the excellent lattice match between the BT template and matrix grain.
  • the defect-free interface is important for achieving enhanced piezoelectric response since the defects at the interface can act as the pinning center to restrict the movement of ferroelectric domain walls.
  • the FFT patterns extracted from the textured grain and BT template clearly show ⁇ 001> c orientation of both textured grain and BT template.
  • the magnified images of the atomic columns inside the textured grains are shown in FIG. 24c.
  • the red and blue circles denote the A-site and B-site cations, respectively.
  • the polar vectors for one unit-cell column can be represented as the atomic displacements from the center of the B-site cation to the center of the nearest neighboring A-site cations.
  • the polar vector along the rhombohedral ⁇ 111> direction can be observed.
  • the tetragonal-region with polar vector along ⁇ 001> direction can be found as well, indicating the coexistence of phases and confirming the vicinity to MPB.
  • FIG. 26 shows comparation of maximum vibration velocities for commercial hard PZT 4, commercial hard APC 841, textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-1BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-1BT), and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-0.5BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-0.5BT) ceramics.
  • FIGS. 27 and 28 show the dielectric constant ⁇ r and loss tan ⁇ as a function of temperature for CuO-doped textured samples.
  • the textured ceramics can still exhibit a high T c above 200 o C, indicating a wide temperature use range for textured ceramics in high power applications.
  • FIG. 29 shows the P-E hysteresis loops for CuO-doped textured ceramics.
  • Table 3 Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for textured piezoelectric ceramics with different CuO contents, compared to reported (conventional) textured Mn doped PMN- PZT and PMN-PT ceramics [00121]
  • both CuO-doped textured-1BT and 2BT ceramics exhibited much better combined soft and hard piezoelectric properties (d 33 , k 31 , and Q m ) in comparison with the reported (conventional) textured lead-free and lead-based piezoelectric ceramics, which is shown in FIG. 31.
  • FIG. 31 Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for textured piezoelectric ceramics with different CuO contents
  • the developed textured ceramics can exhibit both high Q m and high d 33 in comparison with commercial piezoelectric materials exhibiting either high Q m or high d 33 value, but not both at the same time.
  • this newly designed high power textured ceramic exhibits the best high-power properties (d 33 , Q m and E c ) in comparison with other reported textured ceramics and even single crystal counterpart.
  • the test results indicate that high power piezoelectric ceramics can be successfully fabricated using integrated texturing and chemical modification (Mn-doping) methods.
  • Mn-doping integrated texturing and chemical modification
  • the CuO dopant was found to promote the texturing development of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT.
  • Both CuO-doped textured-1BT and 2BT ceramics can exhibit high texturing degree over 94% in comparison with undoped textured-2BT counterpart with 84% texturing degree, indicating that the CuO dopant is an effective additive to enhance the texturing development of Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics.
  • the BT template content can be reduced to lower the tetragonality of textured ceramic without deteriorating its high texturing degree.
  • FIG. 34 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT) ceramics.
  • Table 4 shows dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC- doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT piezoelectric ceramics.
  • Table 4 Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC-doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT piezoelectric ceramics
  • FIG. 35 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT) ceramics.
  • Table 5 shows dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC- doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT piezoelectric ceramics.
  • Table 5 Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC-doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT piezoelectric ceramics
  • FIG. 36 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT) ceramics.
  • Table 6 shows dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC- doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT piezoelectric ceramics.
  • FIG. 37 shows XRD patterns of random and textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.25PbZrO3- 0.35PbTiO3-0.36Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.04Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.36PMN-0.04PZN) ceramics.
  • FIG. 37 shows XRD patterns of random and textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.25PbZrO3- 0.35PbTiO3-0.36Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.04Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.36PMN-0.04PZN) ceramics.
  • FIG. 38 shows XRD patterns of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6Pb(Zr0.445Ti0.555)O3- 0.4Pb(Zn1/6Ni1/6Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.4PZNN) ceramics.
  • FIG. 39 shows SEM micrographs of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6PZT-0.4PZNN-xBT ceramics.
  • FIG. 40 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.25 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 40 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.25 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 41 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.5 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics.
  • FIG. 42 shows SEM micrographs of textured x wt% Mn doped PMT-PZT ceramics.

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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 BaTiO3 (BT) template.

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DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH POWER TEXTURED PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS WITH ULTRAHIGH ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES FOR LARGE DRIVING FIELD APPLICATIONS CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is related to and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application 62/705,842, filed on July 17, 2020, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] This invention was made with government support under Grant No. HR00111920001 awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/DOD. The Government has certain rights in the invention. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] 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 at the same time. 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 (Qm·d33·Ec). BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] Piezoelectric ceramics are materials that enable the coupling between the electric and mechanical signals, and are widely used in electromechanical devices. For high power applications, e.g., SONAR projector, piezoelectric transformers, ultrasonic motors, actuators, underwater transducers, ultrasonic levitation, welding and cutting, ultrasonic cleaning, humidifier, cavitation, electro-acoustic devices, etc., it is typically desired for the piezoelectric ceramic to exhibit a high piezoelectric response (strain coefficient d and electromechanical coupling coefficient k), high mechanical quality factor (Qm), and high coercive field (Ec). For instance, most of piezoelectrics used in high power device applications require high vibration velocity vrms of the piezoelectric element in order to possess ability to survive under high output power. A material with low vibration velocity will have high temperature rise under high electric or mechanical drive conditions and it will become depoled. In order to obtain a high vibration velocity (vrms ∝ Qm·d), high power piezoelectric materials should possess high Qm and high d33. Further, it should have high coercive field, Ec, in order to resist the depoling under high field conditions. Thus, a high, Qm, d, and Ec will allow for a piezoelectric ceramic to exhibit high vibration velocity (v ∝ Qm·d·Ec). For high power piezoelectric applications subjected to high electric fields, high Ec and low dielectric/mechanical losses (tan δ) are also desired. In addition, high k of piezoelectrics is typically desired for effective electric to mechanical energy conversion. [0005] Accordingly, high-power piezoelectric materials suitable for such harsh high power operating conditions should possess both good soft properties (high sensitivity to electric fields) and good hard properties (require a high applied voltage for polarization to be very stable and operate well in environments with high mechanical or electric stress) at the same time. Yet, conventional polycrystalline piezoelectric materials are randomly oriented ceramics, which cannot have both high Qm and high d33. One of the reasons for this is because efforts to increase in Qm and Ec via domain pinning results in the degradation of d33 and k. For instance, during fabrication (using conventional methods) of the high-power piezoelectric ceramic made from a polycrystal material, the hard properties (high Qm and low tan δ) caused by the pinned domain state will degrade the soft properties (high d33 and high k) of piezoelectric ceramic. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] 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 at the same time. 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 Qm·d·Ec, and a large figure of merit (Qm·d33·Ec) = 1 CV/Nm. A Qm·d33·Ec = 1 CV/Nm is over 2 times higher than conventional piezoelectric ceramics. [0007] In an exemplary embodiment, a piezoelectric composition includes 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3- 0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT) doped with MnO2 and CuO, wherein > 0.0 wt% CuO <= 0.5 wt% CuO, wherein MnO2 is 2 mol%. [0008] In some embodiments, a d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10 KV/cm and Qm·d33·Ec = 1 CV/Nm. [0009] In some embodiments, the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.0 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 370 pC/N, Qm = 1693, Ec = 9.33 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.584; the PIN-PMN- PT includes 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 1.03; the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.25 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 374 pC/N, Qm = 2096, Ec = 9.81 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.769; or the PIN-PMN- PT includes 0.5 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 372 pC/N, Qm = 1921, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.726. [0010] In an exemplary embodiment, a piezoelectric composition includes 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3- 0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT) doped with MnO2; wherein MnO2 is 2 mol%; and wherein the composition is textured via a templated grain growth (TGG) method using a BaTiO3 template. [0011] In some embodiments, the BaTiO3 content is > 0.0 vol.% <= 5 vol.%. [0012] In some embodiments, the PIN-PMN-PT is doped with CuO. [0013] In some embodiments, the composition has > 0.0 wt% CuO <= 0.5 wt% CuO. [0014] In some embodiments, the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.25 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33> 710 pC/N, k31=0.52, and Qm≈950. [0015] In some embodiments, the PIN-PMN-PT includes 1 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d33 = 457 pC/N, Qm = 1249, and Tc = 207 oC; the PIN-PMN-PT includes 2 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d33 = 517 pC/N, Qm = 1148, and Tc = 205 oC; the PIN-PMN-PT includes 3 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d33 = 529 pC/N, Qm = 1023, and Tc = 205 oC; or the PIN-PMN-PT includes 5 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d33 = 475 pC/N, Qm = 770, and Tc = 199 oC. [0016] In an exemplary embodiment, a method of making a high-powered piezoelectric composition involves doping 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (PIN- PMN-PT) with MnO2 and CuO. [0017] In some embodiments, the method involves texturing the Cu-Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT via a templated grain growth method (TGG). [0018] In some embodiments, the method the TGG involves use of a BaTiO3 template. [0019] In some embodiments, the method involves increasing the tetragonality degree PIN- PMN-PT via TGG. [0020] In some embodiments, the BaTiO3 content is > 0.0 vol.% <= 5 vol.%. [0021] In some embodiments, MnO2 is 2 mol%; and > 0.0 wt% CuO <= 0.5 wt% CuO. [0022] In an exemplary embodiment, a piezoelectric ceramic composition is represented as x Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), whering x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%) and CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%). [0023] In an exemplary embodiment, a textured piezoelectric ceramic composition is represented as x Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherin x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%) and CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%); and modified using a 0.0 – 5 vol% BaTiO3 template. [0024] In an exemplary embodiment, a piezoelectric ceramic composition is represented as x Pb(X1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Y1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherein x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; X = In, Sc, Yb, Fe; and Y = Mg, Zn, Ni; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%), CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%). [0025] In an exemplary embodiment, a textured piezoelectric ceramic composition is represented as x Pb(X1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Y1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherein x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; X = In, Sc, Yb, Fe; and Y = Mg, Zn, Ni; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%), CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%); and modified using a 0.0 – 5 vol% BaTiO3 template. [0026] In an exemplary embodiment, a textured piezoelectric ceramic composition is represented as x Pb(X1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Y1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherein x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; X = In, Sc, Yb, Fe; and Y = Mg, Zn, Ni; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%), CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%); modified using a 0.0 – 5 vol% BaTiO3 template and exhibiting Lotgering factor from 0 to 100%. [0027] Further features, aspects, objects, advantages, and possible applications of the present invention will become apparent from a study of the exemplary embodiments and examples described below, in combination with the Figures, and the appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES [0028] The above and other objects, aspects, features, advantages and possible applications of the present invention will be more apparent from the following more particular description thereof, presented in conjunction with the following drawings. It should be understood that like reference numbers used in the drawings may identify like components. [0029] FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram for exemplary methods for generating a piezoelectric ceramic. [0030] FIG. 2 shows XRD patterns of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. [0031] FIG. 3 shows SEM micrographs of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents (x). [0032] FIG. 4 shows SEM images of Bi4Ti3O12. [0033] FIG. 5 shows SEM images of BaTiO3. [0034] FIG. 6 shows XRD pattern of the BaTiO3 templates. [0035] FIG. 7 shows XRD patterns of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-xBT ceramics. [0036] FIG. 8 shows texture degree F(00l) as a function of BT template content. [0037] FIG. 9 shows EBSD images of : (a) Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-3BT; (b) Mn doped PIN- PMN-PT-0BT ceramics; (c) and (e) the inversed pole figures with MUD (multiples uniform pole) data corresponding to (a) and (b), respectively. [0038] FIG. 10 shows SEM micrographs of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-xBT ceramics. [0039] FIG. 11 shows SEM images and EDS element mapping of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-3BT ceramic. [0040] FIG. 12 shows dielectric permittivity for random and textured ceramics. [0041] FIG. 13 shows dielectric loss as a function of temperature for random and textured ceramics. [0042] FIG. 14 shows P-E hysteresis loops for random and textured ceramics. [0043] FIG. 15 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured ceramics. [0044] FIG. 16 shows the piezoelectric constant d33, mechanical quality factor Qm, and coercive field Ec as a function of BT template content. [0045] FIG. 17 shows the magnification of XRD patterns of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-xBT ceramics in the range from 42o to 47o. [0046] FIG. 18 shows polarization rotation between rhombohedral and tetragonal crystal structure. [0047] FIG. 19 shows XRD patterns for textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. [0048] FIG. 20 shows EBSD images of random and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramics. [0049] FIG. 21 shows STEM image and the corresponding EDS element mapping of textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic. [0050] FIG. 22 shows impedance and phase angle spectra for textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT- 2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic. [0051] FIG. 23 shows comparation of piezoelectric figure of merit d33 × g33 and k31 for random, Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramics. [0052] FIG. 24 shows microstructures of textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic. (a) High-magnification bright field TEM images of ferroelectric domains for T-2BT ceramic and the inset shows nanodomains within the textured grain. (b) Atomic- resolution HAADF-STEM image of the interface between BT template and textured grain with the inset showing the corresponding faster Fourier transform (FFT) patterns. (c) Atomic-resolution STEM image of the region inside the textured grain along <001>, with B-site cation displacement vectors (arrows) map. The enlarged images on the right show the positions for A and B-site atomic columns. [0053] FIG. 25 shows high-power piezoelectric vibration characteristics of commercial hard and textured ceramics. Vibration velocity as a function of the measured frequency under constant voltage condition for (a) commercial hard PZT 4, (b) commercial hard APC 841, (c) textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-1BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-1BT), and (d) textured Mn doped PIN-PMN- PT-0.5BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-0.5BT) ceramics. [0054] FIG. 26 shows comparation of maximum vibration velocities for commercial hard PZT 4, commercial hard APC 841, textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-1BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-1BT), and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-0.5BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-0.5BT) ceramics. [0055] FIG. 27 shows dielectric permittivity curves for textured ceramics with different CuO contents. [0056] FIG. 28 shows dielectric loss as a function of temperature for textured ceramics with CuO content. [0057] FIG. 29 shows P-E hysteresis loops for random and textured ceramics with different CuO contents. [0058] FIG. 30 shows unipolar S-E for random and textured ceramics with different CuO contents. [0059] FIG. 31 shows a comparison of d33, k31, and Qm in representative textured lead-free/lead- based piezoelectric ceramics. [0060] FIG. 32 shows Qm and d33 of developed high-power textured ceramics, compared to commercial hard and soft-type piezoelectric ceramics (Textured: High-power textured piezoceramics; T-2-0.25: Textured-2 mol% Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT + 0.25 wt% CuO; T-2: Textured-2 mol% Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT). [0061] FIG. 33 shows comparison of relevant parameters (d33, Qm, Ec) in representative textured piezoelectric ceramics and Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal. [0062] FIG. 34 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT) ceramics. [0063] FIG. 35 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT) ceramics. [0064] FIG. 36 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT) ceramics. [0065] FIG. 37 shows XRD patterns of random and textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.25PbZrO3- 0.35PbTiO3-0.36Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.04Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.36PMN-0.04PZN) ceramics. [0066] FIG. 38 shows XRD patterns of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6Pb(Zr0.445Ti0.555)O3- 0.4Pb(Zn1/6Ni1/6Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.4PZNN) ceramics. [0067] FIG. 39 shows SEM micrographs of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6PZT-0.4PZNN-xBT ceramics. [0068] FIG. 40 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.25 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics. [0069] FIG. 41 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.5 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics. [0070] FIG. 42 shows SEM micrographs of textured x wt% Mn doped PMT-PZT ceramics. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0071] The following description is of an embodiment presently contemplated for carrying out the present invention. This description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of describing the general principles and features of the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be determined with reference to the claims. [0072] Embodiments disclosed herein can include a material that can be configured to have a piezoelectric, a dielectric, and/or an electromechanical property. In some embodiments, the material can be included in a device or other type of apparatus. Some devices can include a plurality of materials. For instance, an exemplary apparatus can be configured as a piezoelectric system or piezoelectric device having at least one embodiment of the material. In some embodiments, the device can be a piezoelectric sensor, a piezoelectric transducer, a piezoelectric generator, a piezoelectric actuator, etc. Some embodiments of the apparatus can be configured for generating a material for piezoelectric devices that may be suitable for high performance electromechanical applications. [0073] Embodiments of the material may include a ceramic. Embodiments of the material may be configured to include a perovskite crystalline structure. A perovskite crystalline structure can include a general chemical formula of ABX3, where A2+ and B4+ may be cations and X2- may be oxygen. An exemplary perovskite ceramic can be lead titanate (PbTiO3), for example. The lattice structure of a perovskite material at room temperature can exhibit phases that are cubic, orthorhombic, tetragonal, monoclinic, rhombohedral, etc. Mixed phases can also exist at the same time and this is advantageous in achieving high soft properties. The oxygen may be located at the face centers of the lattice. The size and/or valence of the A and/or B ions can be changed or controlled to generate distortions and/or introduce instability in the crystalline structure. Some embodiments of the material can include a ferroelectric property. For example, the material can exhibit a polarization that may be modifiable due to an application of an electric filed (E-field). [0074] Some embodiments of the material can include a binary system or a binary mixture of substances. Some embodiments of a material can include a ternary system or a ternary mixture of substances. Some embodiments of the material can be configured as a binary and/or ternary system. Some embodiments of the material may be configured to include a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). Some embodiments of the material may be configured to include mixed rhombohedral and/or tetragonal ferroelectric phases. Embodiments of a piezoelectric device may include any one and/or combination of the materials and/or systems described herein. [0075] Some embodiments of the material may be configured to include a relaxor-based ferroelectric structure. An example can be a relaxor-lead titanate based ferroelectric structure, which may have a general formula of Pb(MI,MII)O3-PbTiO3. Pb(MI,MII)O3 may be referred to as a relaxor end member. Pb can be referred to as A-site. (MI,MII) and/or Ti can be referred to as B- sites. The MI may be a low valance cation. The MII may be a high valance cation. The (MI,MII) portion may generate a relaxor component. Relaxor components can include polarized nanoregions (PNRs). PNRs can be formed by causing a nanoscale local region to have a dominant structure with spontaneous polarizations different from a nearby matrix of the material. The spontaneous polarization regions may be with a range from several nanometers to several tens of nanometers. Exemplary materials with PNRs may include lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT), lead magnesium niobate (PMN), lead zinc niobate (PZN), PMN-lead titanate (PbTiO3) solid solution, lead barium metaniobate (PBN), Na1/2Bi1/2O3 (NBT), etc. Exemplary relaxor-based ferroelectric materials with perovskite structures can include PMN, PMN-PT, etc. [0076] An aspect of the method can include use of chemical modifications and/or texturing. Texturing may be done to generate a piezoelectric ceramic with non-randomly orientated grains. More particularly, texturing may be done to increase the tetragonality degree of the piezoelectric ceramic. The chemical modifications may be done to increase vibration velocity (v ∝ Qm·d·Ec) of the ceramic. Any one or combination of the embodiments chemical modifications and texturing can be used to generate a piezoelectric ceramic with high strain coefficient d, high electromechanical coupling coefficient k, high mechanical quality factor (Qm), and/or high coercive field (Ec), thereby leading to high vibration velocity (v ∝ Qm·d·Ec) and large figure of merit (Qm·d33·Ec). For instance, embodiments of the chemical modified piezoelectric ceramic can exhibit d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm and Qm·d33·Ec around 1 CV/Nm. Embodiments of the textured piezoelectric ceramic can exhibit d33>710 pC/N, k31=0.52, and Qm≈950. [0077] Referring to FIG. 1, exemplary processes for making an embodiment of the piezoelectric ceramic are illustrated. [0078] FIG. 1 shows an exemplary process for fabricating a Cu doped piezoelectric ceramic, which involves forming a matrix powder including a composition having a relaxor-lead titanate based ferroelectric structure with a general formula of Pb(MI,MII)O3-PbTiO3. The composition is doped using MnO2 (e.g., using 2 mol. % MnO2). The Mn-doped composition is synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method: 1) In2O3 and Nb2O5 are used to prepare InNb2O4 precursor; 2) stoichiometric amounts of PbO, InNb2O4, MgNb2O6, TiO2, and MnO2 are mixed into the composition. The mixture is allowed to dry. The dried mixtures are calcinated. This process can form a 2mol. % MnO2 doped 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (“PIN- PMN-PT”) in powder form. CuO can be added to the Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powder. The Cu- Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powder can be balled milled and sintered. The sintered Cu-Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT can then be poled. [0079] FIG. 1 also shows an exemplary process for fabricating a textured piezoelectric ceramic using BaTiO3 (BT) templates via a templated grain growth (TGG) texturing process. The BT- TGG texturing process can be used to texture a Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT, as well as a Cu-Mn- doped PIN-PMN-PT. The process involves forming a matrix powder including a composition having a relaxor-lead titanate based ferroelectric structure with a general formula of Pb(MI,MII)O3- PbTiO3. The composition is doped using MnO2 (e.g., using 2 mol. % MnO2). The Mn-doped composition is synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method: 1) In2O3 and Nb2O5 are used to prepare InNb2O4 precursor; 2) stoichiometric amounts of PbO, InNb2O4, MgNb2O6, TiO2, and MnO2 are mixed into the composition. The mixture is allowed to dry. The dried mixtures are calcinated. This process can form a 2mol. % MnO2 doped 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3- 0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (“PIN-PMN-PT”) in powder form. The Mn-doped PIN-PMN- PT can then be textured, or CuO can be added to the Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powder before being textured. For texturing, BaTiO3 (BT) templates are prepared by a two-step topochemical microcrystal conversion (TMC) method. The Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT or the Cu-Mn-doped PIN- PMN-PT is then textured by a TGG process using BT templates. BT-TGG textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT or Cu-Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT can be sintered, and poled. Chemical Modification/Doping [0080] An embodiment involves adding Cu to a Mn-doped piezoelectric ceramic. [0081] As noted herein, it is desired to have high strain coefficient d, high electromechanical coupling coefficient k, high mechanical quality factor (Qm), and high coercive field (Ec) to give a high vibration velocity (v ∝ Qm·d·Ec) and large figure of merit Qm·d33·Ec. Embodiments of the piezoelectric ceramic include a 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (“PIN- PMN-PT”) that is Mn-doped and modified via the addition of Cu. Other example formulations include – Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3, Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2) O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3- PbTiO3, Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3, Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mn1/3Nb2/3)O3– PbTiO3, etc. For example, the piezoelectric ceramic can be 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT. The 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT exhibits a figure of merit (Qm·d33·Ec ) of at least 1 CV/Nm, which is over 2 times higher than the state-of-art commercial piezoelectric ceramics including PZT4 and PZT8 (0.21 and 0.43 CV/Nm, respectively). The 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT also has d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm. [0082] The Cu-Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT with 0.125 wt% CuO is exemplary. The wt% of CuO can range from 0.0 wt% to 0.5 wt%. Table 1 shows a 0.0 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT having d33 = 370 pC/N, Qm = 1693, Ec = 9.33 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.584. A 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT has d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 1.03. A 0.25 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT has d33 = 374 pC/N, Qm = 2096, Ec = 9.81 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.769. A 0.5 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT has d33 = 372 pC/N, Qm = 1921, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.726. Exemplary Cu-Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramic [0083] Exemplary samples of a Cu-Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT were fabricated to ascertain the hard and soft properties of such a piezoelectric ceramic. The fabrication of the samples involved generating a matrix powder, the matrix powder including a composition of 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method. Raw materials of In2O3 and Nb2O5 were used to prepare InNb2O4 precursor at 1100 oC for 7 h. Stoichiometric amounts of PbO, InNb2O4, MgNb2O6, TiO2, and MnO2 were mixed in ethanol for 24 h. The dried mixtures were calcined at 850 oC for 4 h. Different samples were produced, each having different amounts of CuO added into the Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT calcined powder. The calcined powders were balled milled in ethanol for 48 h to decrease the particle sizes. The balled milled powders were pressed into pellets with 12 mm in diameter. The pellets were embedded in calcined Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powders containing 1.5 wt% excess PbO within a closed crucible and sintered at 1150-1220 oC for 6 h in air. [0084] The crystal phases of the sintered pellets were determined using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Microstructures were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). For electrical measurements, the sample surfaces were polished and coated with silver paste. All the samples were poled at 40 kV/cm for 30 min at 140 oC. After aging for 48 h, the piezoelectric coefficient d33 was measured by using a d33 meter. Polarization vs. electric field (P-E) hysteresis loop was measured using a modified Sawyer-Tower circuit. [0085] The mechanical coupling coefficient (k) and mechanical quality factor (Qm) were measured by resonance and anti-resonance technique using impedance analyzer. [0086] FIG. 2 shows the XRD patterns for Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. All samples exhibited pure perovskite structure without any noticeable secondary phase. [0087] FIG. 3 shows the SEM images of the fracture surface of Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. All the samples exhibited dense microstructure with no obvious pores, indicating that the CuO dopant promotes the densification of Mn-doped PIN-PMN- PT ceramics. [0088] Table 1 lists the dielectric and piezoelectric properties for Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. Particularly, the Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT sample with 0.125 wt% CuO exhibited a giant figure of merit of Qm·d33·Ec around 1 CV/Nm, which is significantly higher than most commercial piezoelectric ceramics including PZT4 and PZT8 (0.21 and 0.43 CV/Nm, respectively).
Figure imgf000018_0001
Table 1: Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. [0089] In summary, CuO dopant can enhance both sintering ability and piezoelectric properties of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics. Particularly, the Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT sample with 0.125 wt% CuO exhibited good piezoelectric properties of d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm, along with giant figure of merit of Qm·d33·Ec around 1 CV/Nm, which is much superior than most commercial piezoelectric ceramics. Texturing [0090] Texturing is a process that provides grain orientation along specific crystallographic direction of a piezoelectric ceramic. This can be done to align some or all of the grains. Texturing is a known means to develop high performance piezoelectric ceramics from non-single crystal ceramics as an alternative to single crystal piezoelectric ceramics – e.g., single crystal piezoelectric ceramics tend to be expensive, and thus texturing of non-single crystal ceramics can be a suitable alternative. Embodiments of the texturing method disclosed herein involve a templated grain growth (TGG) method that uses a BaTiO3 (“BT”) template. The texturing method can be referred to as a BT-TGG. [0091] In a randomly oriented ceramic, both high Qm and high d33 are not achievable because any increase in Qm and Ec via domain pinning will result in the degradation of d33 and k. Yet, embodiments of the PIN-PMN-PT can be textured via the BT-TGG method to increase the piezoelectric response of the ceramic – i.e., BT-TGG texturing can improve both the strain coefficient, d, and electromechanical coupling coefficient, k. As will be explained herein, the BT- TGG method increases the texturing degree of the PIN-PMN-PT, leading to the BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT exhibiting ultrahigh piezoelectric properties with d33>710 pC/N, k31=0.52, and Qm≈950, which are superior than most reported and commercial piezoelectric ceramics. [0092] Relaxor-based PIN-PMN-PT ternary ferroelectrics have been widely investigated due to their superior piezoelectric properties including high phase transition temperatures (Tr-t and Tc) and high coercive field (Ec) in comparison with Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) binary ferroelectrics. Mn-doping can be used to generate the hard properties of piezoelectric ceramics, where Mn3+ will substitute B-site in perovskite structure of piezoelectric materials creating oxygen vacancies and the oxygen vacancies will diffuse to the domain boundary region and pin the domain wall motion resulting in hard effect (high Qm and low tan δ). [0093] Embodiments disclosed herein involve texturing 2 mol. % MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics using a BT-TGG method. The effects of template content on <001> texturing degree, microstructures, and dielectric and piezoelectric properties of textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics were investigated. In addition, the CuO dopant was added to promote the texturing development of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics. It was found that the textured ceramics can exhibit excellent soft and hard combinatory properties in comparison with random counterparts, demonstrating that the texturing is an effective method to improve the piezoelectric response of piezoelectric ceramics. Exemplary BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT ceramic [0094] Exemplary samples of BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT were fabricated to ascertain the hard and soft properties of such piezoelectric ceramic. [0095] The first set of samples were Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics textured via BT-TGG. The BT-TGG textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT exhibited enhanced piezoelectric coefficient d33 and electromechanical coupling factor k31 in comparison with a random counterpart. The effects of BT template content on piezoelectric properties of the PIN-PMN-PT ceramic was investigated. It was found that the addition of BaTiO3 templates can increase the tetragonality degree of the textured ceramics, resulting in improved coercive field Ec in comparison with random counterpart. In addition, the high BT content (> 3 vol. %) can slightly lower the d33 of the textured PIN-PMN- PT ceramic, indicating that the enhancement of piezoelectric coefficient brought by high texturing degree (around 95%) will be reduced by the phase structure evolution to a tetragonal phase region. Two textured ceramics (one with 2 vol. % and one with 3 vol. % BT template – referred to as Textured-2BT and Textured 3BT) are shown to exhibit a high d33 (> 510 pC/N) and high Qm (> 1000). [0096] The second set of samples were CuO modified Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics textured via BT-TGG. The CuO dopant was found to promote the texturing development of the Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT. Particularly, CuO-doped textured-1BT ceramic (1BT meaning 1 vol.% BT template) can exhibit high texturing degree over 94% with ultrahigh piezoelectric properties of d33>710 pC/N, k31=0.52, and Qm≈950, which is superior than most reported and commercial piezoelectric ceramics. For instance, a BT-TGG 0.25 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2 doped PIN- PMN-PT exhibits a high Qm·d. (e.g., texture degree over 94%), and ultrahigh piezoelectric properties of d33> 710 pC/N, k31=0.52, and Qm≈950. [0097] The fabrication of the samples involved generating a matrix powder, the matrix powder including a composition of 2 mol. % MnO2 doped PIN-PMN-PT synthesized by a two-step columbite precursor method. Raw materials of In2O3 and Nb2O5 were used to prepare InNb2O4 precursor at 1100 oC for 7 h. Stoichiometric amounts of PbO, InNb2O4, MgNb2O6, TiO2, and MnO2 were mixed in ethanol for 24 h. The dried mixtures were calcined at 850 oC for 4 h. The calcined powders were balled milled in ethanol for 72 h to decrease the particle size. [0098] BaTiO3 (BT) templates were prepared by two-step topochemical microcrystal conversion (TMC) method. The 2 mol. % Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics were textured by the templated grain growth (TGG) using x vol.% BT templates (x = 1, 2, 3, 5). The samples are abbreviated as textured-xBT hereafter. The matrix powders, templates, organic binder, and toluene solvent were mixed to prepare the slurries for tape casting. The dried tapes were cut, stacked, and laminated to fabricate green samples. After binder burnout at 550 oC and cold-isostatic pressing at 200 MPa, the samples were then embedded in calcined Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powders containing 1.5 wt% excess PbO within a closed crucible and sintered at 1220 oC for 6 h in air. [0099] The crystal phases of the textured samples were determined using X-ray diffraction. The degree of pseudocubic <001> texture was determined by Logtering factor method. Microstructures were evaluated using SEM in combination with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). For electrical measurements, the sample surfaces were polished and coated with silver paste. All the samples were poled at 40 kV/cm for 30 min at 140 oC. After aging for 48 h, the piezoelectric coefficient d33 was measured by using a d33 meter. Temperature-dependent dielectric permittivity (εr) and loss tangent (tan δ) were measured with a multifrequency LCR meter. Temperature-dependent dielectric permittivity (εr) and loss tangent (tan δ) were used to further elucidate the phase structure. Polarization vs. electric field (P-E) hysteresis loop was measured using a modified Sawyer-Tower circuit. The mechanical coupling coefficient (k) and mechanical quality factor (Qm) were measured by resonance and anti- resonance technique using impedance analyzer. [00100] FIGS. 4-6 show the morphology and XRD pattern of BT templates synthesized by the TMC method. It can be seen that the BT template had large anisotropy with about 10 μm in length and 1 μm in thickness, and exhibited tetragonal perovskite structure. Thus, the BT templates can be easily aligned under the shear force through doctor blade during tape casting process. [00101] FIG. 7 shows the XRD patterns for both random and textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different BT template contents. All samples exhibited pure perovskite structure without any noticeable secondary phase. With the introduction of the BT template, the intensities of (00l) peaks increased rapidly while other peaks decreased significantly, indicating the formation of texture. [00102] FIG. 8 shows the texturing degree as a function of BT template content. By increasing the BT content from 1 vol.% to 3 vol.%, the F(00l) increases dramatically from 80% to 91.4%, indicating that the 3 vol.% is enough to achieve a high texture quality for Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT. The texturing degree further increases to 95% by increasing the BT content to 5 vol.%. [00103] The EBSD inverse pole figure maps (see FIG. 9) evidenced the high <001> orientation of grains in textured ceramic, while most of the grains are randomly oriented in random counterpart, which is consistent with the XRD patterns (FIG. 7). [00104] FIG. 10 shows the microstructure evolution of textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT with different BT contents. Both 3 vol.% and 5 vol.% textured samples show brick wall-like microstructures with well aligned BT templates (black areas) inside the oriented matrix grains, representing the development of texture, in comparison with the random ceramic with equiaxed grains. [00105] EDS mapping of textured ceramic are shown in FIG. 11, indicating that the BT template is stable inside the matrix grains, and no obvious interfacial reaction and diffusion happen at the interface between the matrix and BT template. [00106] FIGS. 12 and 13 show the dielectric constant εr and loss tan δ as a function of temperature for both random and textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT samples. As the template content decreases, the Curie temperature Tc increases. The textured ceramics can exhibit a high Tc above 200 oC, which is almost 30-70 oC higher than the binary PMN-PT ceramics, indicating the wider temperature use range for textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics in high power applications. FIG. 14 shows the P-E hysteresis loops for textured and random ceramics. All the samples exhibited well-saturated hysteresis loops at the electric field of 40 KV/cm. FIG. 15 compares the unipolar strain-electric (S-E) curves for both textured and random ceramics. When the electric field is applied to the ceramic samples, the domain rotation will happen generating the strain response. The textured ceramics can exhibit almost ~2 times improvement in maximum strain Sm at the same electric field in comparison with random counterparts, indicating that the domain rotation happens easier in textured ceramics. [00107] FIG. 16 shows the piezoelectric constant d33, mechanical quality factor Qm, and coercive field Ec as the function of BT template contents. When x ≤ 3%, d33 increases rapidly with increasing x. The optimized value of 529 pC/N was obtained at x = 3%, which is attributed to the improved texturing degree. However, with further increasing BT content to 5%, the d33 decreases to 475 pC/N. The reduced piezoelectric response may be mainly attributed to the phase structure evolution. The magnification of XRD patterns in the range from 42° to 47° is shown in FIG. 17, and the {002} peaks start to split with increasing the BT content, indicating the increased tetragonality in textured ceramics. [00108] FIG. 18 shows polarization rotation between rhombohedral and tetragonal crystal structure. Tetragonal structure has 90° spontaneous polarization directions in comparison with rhombohedral structure where the polarization direction is 71° as shown in FIG 18, indicating that the polarization rotation in tetragonal structure is more difficult to happen after applying the same external electrical field E, leading to lower piezoelectric response. Therefore, the reduced piezoelectric constant of textured sample with 5 vol.% BT templates is caused by the high tetragonality of the sample. The crystal structure of the textured sample gradually transforms into tetragonal structure with increasing x because the BT template has a tetragonal structure. For a PIN-PMN-PT ternary system, the coercive field value of the tetragonal structure is higher than that of the rhombohedral structure, indicating that the domain rotation is difficult in tetragonal structure, which is consistent with experimental results where the coercive field value Ec continuously increases with increasing x. However, the mechanical quality factor Qm decreased as the BT content increased. The random sample exhibited the highest Qm value of 1693. [00109] Table 2 shows the dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random, textured, and reported (conventional) piezoelectric ceramics. In the Table, x BT refers to x vol.% BT templates (e.g., 0BT = vol. 0% BT, 1BT = vol. 1% BT, 2BT = vol. 2% BT, 3BT = vol. 3% BT, and 5BT = vol. 5% BT). Mn doped textured PMN-PT ceramic exhibits good piezoelectric properties with low Tc (d33 = 517 pC/N, Qm = 714, Tc = 130 oC). In comparison, the BT textured Mn doped PIN- PMN-PT ceramics (e.g., 1-BT, 2-BT, 3-BT, and 4-BT) showed improved piezoelectric properties with high Tc. Particularly, textured-2BT sample exhibited an excellent combined soft and hard piezoelectric properties of d33 = 517 pC/N, Qm = 1148, along with high Tc around 205 oC.
Figure imgf000025_0001
Table 2. Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured piezoelectric ceramics, compared to reported (conventional) textured Mn doped PMN-PT ceramic CuO-doping effect on BT-TGG Method [00110] A high texturing degree is usually required to achieve single crystal-like piezoelectric response for textured ceramics. Based on the results of a BT-TGG textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN- PT samples, texturing degree over 90% can be achieved using high content of BT template (≥ 3 vol. %). However, the addition of high content of BT template can shift the phase structure of piezoelectric ceramic to tetragonal side due to the high tetragonality of BT template. It is known that the piezoelectric response of PIN-PMN-PT is phase-sensitive, and the highest piezoelectric response can be obtained at the composition close to MPB region similar to PZT. Thus, both texturing degree and phase structure should be considered in order to achieve a giant piezoelectric response of textured ceramic. The textured ceramic with high texturing degree and less heterogenous BT template can be used to meet such requirements. CuO dopant can promote the densification of piezoelectric ceramic at reduced temperature. In addition, the Cu-ion can substitute the A/B sites of the perovskite structure to enhance the piezoelectric properties of the ceramic. Thus, integrating CuO-doping, chemical modification (Mn-doping), and BT-TGG texturing can be used to develop a high-power textured PIN-PMN-PT ceramic with ultrahigh piezoelectric response. Exemplary CuO doped BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT ceramic [00111] Exemplary samples of CuO doped BT-TGG textured PIN-PMN-PT were fabricated to ascertain the hard and soft properties of such piezoelectric ceramic. Samples of a 2 mol. % Mn- doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramic doped with 0.125 and 0.25 wt. % CuO were textured by the BT-TGG texturing method using x vol.% BT templates (x = 0.5, 1, 2). The samples are abbreviated as textured-xBT hereafter. Matrix powders, templates, organic binder, and toluene solvent were mixed to prepare the slurries for tape casting. The dried tapes were cut, stacked, and laminated to fabricate green samples. After binder burnout at 550 oC and cold-isostatic pressing at 200 MPa, the samples were then embedded in calcined Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT powders containing 1.5 wt% excess PbO within a closed crucible and sintered at 1200-1220 oC for 6 h in air. [00112] FIG. 19 shows the XRD patterns for textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics with different CuO contents. CuO-doped ceramics with 1 and 2 vol. % BT templates are 94% and 97% textured, respectively, while the undoped ceramic with 2 vol. % BT templates is only 84% textured, suggesting that the CuO dopant acts as an effective texturing aid to promote the texturing development of piezoelectric ceramic. [00113] FIG. 20 shows the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) mapping images, which further confirm the high <001> orientated grains in textured ceramic compared to random counterpart. [00114] FIG. 21 shows the high-magnification EDS element mapping of an interface between BT template and textured grain. The interface between the <001> BT template and matrix grain is quite sharp, indicating that the BT template is stable inside the matrix grain. [00115] FIG. 22 shows the impedance and phase angle spectra for textured Mn doped PIN-PMN- PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic. Electromechanical properties such as Qm are obtained from the electrical impedance method based on IEEE standard. [00116] FIG. 23 shows the piezoelectric figure of merit d33 × g33 and electromechanical coupling factor k31 for random, textured ceramics and single crystal counterpart. The textured ceramic exhibits a large d33 × g33 value of 39.7 × 10-12 m2 N-1, due to high g33 value of 54.7 × 10-3 V m N-1, which is the result of the significantly improved d33 and suppressed dielectric permittivity. Besides, in contrast to both random and sing crystal counterparts, the textured ceramic can possess higher k31 value of 0.54. [00117] FIG. 24 shows the microstructures of textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-2BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-2BT) ceramic. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging of ferroelectric domain structure within the textured grain is shown in FIG. 24a. A large fraction of stripe-type nanodomains can be observed and they are parallel to each other. The nanodomain with size of 15- 20 nm can be observed (see the inset of FIG. 24a). Compared to the large domains, the small domains with reduced domain wall energy are more flexible and easily switched under external electric field, leading to the improved extrinsic piezoelectric contributions. Thus, the existence of very small domains (nanodomains) inside the textured grain may make a contribution to the high piezoelectricity of textured ceramics. An atomic-resolution STEM image of the interface between the BT template and PIN-PMN-PT grain in T-2BT sample is shown in FIG. 24b. A defect-free coherent interface can be observed, proving the excellent lattice match between the BT template and matrix grain. The defect-free interface is important for achieving enhanced piezoelectric response since the defects at the interface can act as the pinning center to restrict the movement of ferroelectric domain walls. The FFT patterns extracted from the textured grain and BT template clearly show <001>c orientation of both textured grain and BT template. The magnified images of the atomic columns inside the textured grains are shown in FIG. 24c. The red and blue circles denote the A-site and B-site cations, respectively. The polar vectors for one unit-cell column can be represented as the atomic displacements from the center of the B-site cation to the center of the nearest neighboring A-site cations. As shown in FIG. 24c, given that the textured sample has a rhombohedral phase structure, the polar vector along the rhombohedral <111> direction can be observed. Besides, the tetragonal-region with polar vector along <001> direction can be found as well, indicating the coexistence of phases and confirming the vicinity to MPB. Nanoscale structural heterogeneity observed inside the textured matrix grain assists in increasing the interfacial energy and minimizing the polarization discontinuity, which leads to flattened free- energy curve and enhancement of piezoelectricity. [00118] FIG. 26 shows comparation of maximum vibration velocities for commercial hard PZT 4, commercial hard APC 841, textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-1BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-1BT), and textured Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT-0.5BT with 0.25 wt% CuO (T-0.5BT) ceramics. The textured ceramic exhibits a vibration velocity of ~1 m/s, which is much higher than that of the commercial hard ceramics, demonstrating that our textured ceramics are good candidates for high- power piezoelectric device applications. [00119] FIGS. 27 and 28 show the dielectric constant εr and loss tan δ as a function of temperature for CuO-doped textured samples. The textured ceramics can still exhibit a high Tc above 200 oC, indicating a wide temperature use range for textured ceramics in high power applications. FIG. 29 shows the P-E hysteresis loops for CuO-doped textured ceramics. FIG. 30 compares the unipolar strain-electric (S-E) curves for both CuO-doped textured and random ceramics. The textured ceramics can exhibit 2 times improvement in maximum strain Sm at the same electric field in comparison with random counterparts. [00120] Table 3 lists the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of CuO-doped textured ceramics. Particularly, the CuO-doped textured-1BT ceramic exhibited excellent combinatory soft and hard piezoelectric properties of d33 = 713 pC/N, k31=0.52, Qm = 949, and Ec = 9.64 KV/cm.
Figure imgf000030_0001
Table 3: Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for textured piezoelectric ceramics with different CuO contents, compared to reported (conventional) textured Mn doped PMN- PZT and PMN-PT ceramics [00121] In addition, both CuO-doped textured-1BT and 2BT ceramics exhibited much better combined soft and hard piezoelectric properties (d33, k31, and Qm) in comparison with the reported (conventional) textured lead-free and lead-based piezoelectric ceramics, which is shown in FIG. 31. Notably, as shown in FIG. 32, the developed textured ceramics can exhibit both high Qm and high d33 in comparison with commercial piezoelectric materials exhibiting either high Qm or high d33 value, but not both at the same time. Finally, from FIG. 33, it can be seen that this newly designed high power textured ceramic exhibits the best high-power properties (d33, Qm and Ec) in comparison with other reported textured ceramics and even single crystal counterpart. [00122] The test results indicate that high power piezoelectric ceramics can be successfully fabricated using integrated texturing and chemical modification (Mn-doping) methods. In addition, the effect of template content on piezoelectric properties of textured ceramics was investigated. The results show that the BT template content in textured ceramic should not exceed 3 vol. % to achieve an optimized combined soft and hard piezoelectric properties since the high template content (> 3 vol. %) can increase the tetragonality degree of textured ceramic, resulting in decreased piezoelectric coefficient. Particularly, the textured Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT with 2 vol. % BT template exhibited excellent piezoelectric properties of d33 = 517 pC/N, Qm = 1148, Ec = 10 KV/cm. [00123] In addition, the CuO dopant was found to promote the texturing development of Mn doped PIN-PMN-PT. Both CuO-doped textured-1BT and 2BT ceramics can exhibit high texturing degree over 94% in comparison with undoped textured-2BT counterpart with 84% texturing degree, indicating that the CuO dopant is an effective additive to enhance the texturing development of Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics. Under the assistance of CuO dopant, the BT template content can be reduced to lower the tetragonality of textured ceramic without deteriorating its high texturing degree. Finally, ultrahigh piezoelectric properties with d33>710 pC/N, k31=0.52, and Qm≈950 were achieved in textured ceramics using integrated CuO-doping, chemical modification (Mn-doping), and texturing method. The developed textured ceramics possess much superior combined soft and hard piezoelectric properties in comparison with both reported and commercial piezoelectric ceramics. Additional Examples [00124] FIG. 34 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT-5BT) ceramics. [00125] Table 4 shows dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC- doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT piezoelectric ceramics.
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Table 4: Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC-doped 0.16PIN-0.51PMN-0.33PT piezoelectric ceramics [00126] FIG. 35 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT-5BT) ceramics. [00127] Table 5 shows dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC- doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT piezoelectric ceramics.
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Table 5: Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC-doped 0.28PIN-0.40PMN-0.32PT piezoelectric ceramics [00128] FIG. 36 shows unipolar S-E curves for random and textured 0.25 wt% CuO-2 mol.% Mn doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT (MC-doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT-5BT) ceramics. [00129] Table 6 shows dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC- doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT piezoelectric ceramics.
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Table 6: Dielectric and piezoelectric properties for both random and textured MC-doped 0.36PIN-0.30PMN-0.34PT piezoelectric ceramics [00130] FIG. 37 shows XRD patterns of random and textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.25PbZrO3- 0.35PbTiO3-0.36Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.04Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.36PMN-0.04PZN) ceramics. [00131] FIG. 38 shows XRD patterns of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6Pb(Zr0.445Ti0.555)O3- 0.4Pb(Zn1/6Ni1/6Nb2/3)O3 (0.6PZT-0.4PZNN) ceramics. [00132] FIG. 39 shows SEM micrographs of textured 1mol.% Mn doped 0.6PZT-0.4PZNN-xBT ceramics. [00133] FIG. 40 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.25 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics. [00134] FIG. 41 shows XRD patterns of textured 0.5 wt% Mn doped 0.4Pb(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3- 0.2PbZrO3-0.4PbTiO3 (0.4PMT-0.2PZ-0.4PT) ceramics. [00135] FIG. 42 shows SEM micrographs of textured x wt% Mn doped PMT-PZT ceramics. [00136] It should be understood that the disclosure of a range of values is a disclosure of every numerical value within that range, including the end points. It should also be appreciated that some components, features, and/or configurations may be described in connection with only one particular embodiment, but these same components, features, and/or configurations can be applied or used with many other embodiments and should be considered applicable to the other embodiments, unless stated otherwise or unless such a component, feature, and/or configuration is technically impossible to use with the other embodiment. Thus, the components, features, and/or configurations of the various embodiments can be combined together in any manner and such combinations are expressly contemplated and disclosed by this statement. [00137] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that numerous modifications and variations of the described examples and embodiments are possible considering the above teachings of the disclosure. The disclosed examples and embodiments are presented for purposes of illustration only. Other alternate embodiments may include some or all of the features disclosed herein. Therefore, it is the intent to cover all such modifications and alternate embodiments as may come within the true scope of this invention, which is to be given the full breadth thereof. [00138] It should be understood that modifications to the embodiments disclosed herein can be made to meet a particular set of design criteria. Therefore, while certain exemplary embodiments of the composition and methods of using and making the same disclosed herein have been discussed and illustrated, it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is not limited thereto but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced within the scope of the following claims.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. A piezoelectric composition, comprising: 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT) doped with MnO2 and CuO; wherein > 0.0 wt% CuO <= 0.5 wt% CuO; and wherein MnO2 is 2 mol%.
2. The piezoelectric composition of claim 1, wherein a d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10 KV/cm and Qm·d33·Ec = 1 CV/Nm.
3. The piezoelectric composition of claim 1, wherein: the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.0 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 370 pC/N, Qm = 1693, Ec = 9.33 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.584; the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.125 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 363 pC/N, Qm = 2800, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 1.03; the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.25 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 374 pC/N, Qm = 2096, Ec = 9.81 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.769; or the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.5 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33 = 372 pC/N, Qm = 1921, Ec = 10.1 KV/cm, and a Qm·d33·Ec = 0.726.
4. A piezoelectric composition, comprising: 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT) doped with MnO2; wherein MnO2 is 2 mol%; and wherein the composition is textured via a templated grain growth (TGG) method using a BaTiO3 template.
5. The piezoelectric composition of claim 4, wherein the BaTiO3 content is > 0.0 vol.% <= 5 vol.%.
6. The piezoelectric composition of claim 4, wherein the PIN-PMN-PT is doped with CuO.
7. The piezoelectric composition of claim 6, wherein the composition has > 0.0 wt% CuO <= 0.5 wt% CuO.
8. The piezoelectric composition of claim 6, wherein the PIN-PMN-PT includes 0.25 wt% CuO and 2 mol% MnO2, wherein d33> 710 pC/N, k31=0.52, and Qm≈950.
9. The piezoelectric composition of claim 4, wherein: the PIN-PMN-PT includes 1 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d33 = 457 pC/N, Qm = 1249, and Tc = 207 oC; the PIN-PMN-PT includes 2 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d
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= 517 pC/N, Qm = 1148, and Tc = 205 oC; the PIN-PMN-PT includes 3 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d33 = 529 pC/N, Qm = 1023, and Tc = 205 oC; or the PIN-PMN-PT includes 5 vol. % BaTiO3, wherein d33 = 475 pC/N, Qm = 770, and Tc = 199 oC.
10. A method of making a high-powered piezoelectric composition, the method comprising: doping 0.24 Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.42Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT) with MnO2 and CuO.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: texturing the Cu-Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT via a templated grain growth method (TGG).
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the TGG involves use of a BaTiO3 template.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising increasing the tetragonality degree PIN-PMN-PT via TGG.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the BaTiO3 content is > 0.0 vol.% <= 5 vol.%.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein: MnO2 is 2 mol%; and > 0.0 wt% CuO <= 0.5 wt% CuO.
16. A piezoelectric ceramic composition, represented as x Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), whering x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%) and CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%).
17. A textured piezoelectric ceramic composition, represented as x Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherin x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%) and CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%); and modified using a 0.0 – 5 vol% BaTiO3 template.
18. A piezoelectric ceramic composition, represented as x Pb(X1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Y1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherein x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; X = In, Sc, Yb, Fe; and Y = Mg, Zn, Ni; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%), CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%).
19. A textured piezoelectric ceramic composition, represented as x Pb(X1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Y1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherein x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; X = In, Sc, Yb, Fe; and Y = Mg, Zn, Ni; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%), CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%); and modified using a 0.0 – 5 vol% BaTiO3 template.
20. A textured piezoelectric ceramic composition, represented as x Pb(X1/2Nb1/2)O3-y Pb(Y1/3Nb2/3)O3- (1-x-y) PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT), wherein x = 0.20 – 0.27 and y = 0.40 – 0.45; X = In, Sc, Yb, Fe; and Y = Mg, Zn, Ni; doped with MnO2 (0.0 – 2.5 mol%), CuO (0.0 – 0.5 wt%); modified using a 0.0 – 5 vol% BaTiO3 template and exhibiting Lotgering factor from 0 to 100%.
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