The lower electromechanical performance of lead-free piezoelectric materials remains a critical bottleneck impeding their ability to replace lead-based materials in energy harvesting. To overcome this predicament, here, we propose a multiscale reconfiguration design to tailor the intricate coupling between the structure and properties of (K,Na)NbO3-based piezoelectric materials. The multiphase coexistence, local structural heterogeneity, enhanced crystal anisotropy, and acceptor doping yielded (K,Na)NbO3-based ceramics with a harmonious balance between the piezoelectric coefficient and the dielectric constant. As a result, the (K,Na)NbO3-based textured ceramics demonstrate exceptional piezoelectric properties, including a piezoelectric charge coefficient (d33) of 551 pC·N−1 and a piezoelectric voltage coefficient (g33) of 54.2 mV·m·N−1. The energy harvesting devices exhibit an ultrahigh instantaneous output power (Pout) of 4.85 mW and an instantaneous output power density (PD) of 70.2 μW·mm−3. This work provides valuable insights into the design and development of high-performance lead-free piezoelectric ceramics and significantly advances the potential of (K,Na)NbO3-based ceramics as viable replacements for Pb(Zr,Ti)O3-based ceramics in energy harvesting applications.
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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2025, 14(10): 9221167
Published: 31 October 2025
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