Zhang, Shujun

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	Transparent ferroelectric crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity Published in Nature
2019	Flexoelectricity in solids: Progress, challenges, and perspectives Published in Progress in Materials Science
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published in Science
2019	Perovskite lead-free dielectrics for energy storage applications Published in Progress in Materials Science
2018	Multilayer Lead-free Ceramic Capacitors With Ultrahigh Energy Density And Efficiency Published in Advanced Materials
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published in Nature Materials
2017	Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Silver Niobate Tantalate with High Energy Storage Performance Published in Advanced Materials
2016	The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals Published in Nature Communications
2015	Advantages and challenges of relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals for electroacoustic transducers - A review Published in Progress in Materials Science
2014	Decoding the fingerprint of ferroelectric loops: Comprehension of the material properties and structures Published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2014	Electrostrictive effect in ferroelectrics: An alternative approach to improve piezoelectricity Published in Applied Physics Reviews
2012	High performance ferroelectric relaxor-PbTiO3 single crystals: Status and perspective Published in Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Piezoelectric materials for high temperature sensors Published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2019	Ultrahigh-energy density lead-free dielectric films via polymorphic nanodomain design Published in Science
2013	Flexoelectric nano-generator: Materials, structures and devices Published in Nano Energy

Research Areas

Research Overview

Prof. Zhang is focusing in the research field of materials science and engineering, including dielectric, piezoelectric, ferroelectric and electrocaloric materials in different forms such as ceramics, textured ceramics, crystals, composites, polymers, thick film, etc., for many applications including energy harvesting and energy storage, ultrasonic transducers, sensors and solid state cooling, and multifunction coupling phenomena in emerging applications. Substantial research work has been done under his supervision on material design- fabrication- structure analysis- property characterization- prototypic device evaluations and try to understand the relationships between them to better guide the material development. He has broad collaborations with academics and industries around the world, with the backgrounds of material engineering, mechanical engineering and biological engineering. Prof Zhang’s significant contribution to the materials science has led him to be awarded the ARC Future Fellowship, Fellow of American Ceramic Society and was named the Australian Field Leader in Ceramic Engineering by Australian Research Supplement Magazine.

Available as Research Supervisor

Member Of

The Australian Ceramic Society Life member 2020 -
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member 2008 -
The American Ceramic Society Fellow 2002 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Atomic-scale origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in samarium-doped PMN-PT ceramics Published In Physical Review B Volume 101 Pages 140102-1 - 140102-7 Altmetric
2020	Diffused morphotropic phase boundary in relaxor-PbTiO3 crystals: High piezoelectricity with improved thermal stability Published In Applied Physics Reviews Volume 7 Pages 021405-1 - 021405-12 Altmetric
2020	Electrical conduction mechanism of rare-earth calcium oxyborate high temperature piezoelectric crystals Published In Acta Materialia Volume 183 Pages 165 - 171 ISSN 1359-6454 Altmetric
2020	Enhanced Energy Storage Performance of Sodium Niobate-Based Relaxor Dielectrics by a Ramp-to-Spike Sintering Profile Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 12 Pages 32834 - 32841 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2020	Enhanced magnetic performance of BiFeO3 by cerium substitution Published In Ceramics International Volume Online First Altmetric
2020	Enhanced mechanical energy harvesting capability in sodium bismuth titanate based lead-free piezoelectric Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 825 Altmetric
2020	Evaluation of Electroelastic Properties of YCOB and GdCOB Crystals Irradiated by 6 MeV Xe23+ Ions Published In Crystal Growth and Design Volume 20 Pages 2651 - 2659 Altmetric
2020	Flexible hybrid piezo/triboelectric energy harvester with high power density workable at elevated temperatures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 8 Pages 12003 - 12012 Altmetric
2020	Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H2production performance Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 10 Pages 18632 - 18638 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2020	Impact of phase structure on piezoelectric properties of textured lead-free ceramics Published In Crystals Volume 10 Pages 367-1 - 367-10 Altmetric
2020	Local Structure Heterogeneity in Sm-Doped AgNbO3 for Improved Energy-Storage Performance Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Altmetric
2020	Origin of large electric-field-induced strain in pseudo-cubic BiFeO3–BaTiO3 ceramics Published In Acta Materialia Volume 197 Pages 1 - 9 Altmetric
2020	Phase-composition dependent domain responses in (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based piezoceramics Published In Journal of the European Ceramic Society Volume 40 Pages 1217 - 1222 Altmetric
2020	Solid-state crystal growth of lead-free ferroelectrics Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 8 Pages 7606 - 7649 Altmetric
2020	Temperature monitorable kinetics study of human blood coagulation by utilizing a dual-mode AlN-Based acoustic wave resonator Published In IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Volume 67 Pages 131 - 135 Altmetric
2020	Transparent ferroelectric crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity Published In Nature Volume 577 Pages 350 - 354 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh Electromechanical Coupling and Its Thermal Stability in (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-Based Lead-Free Single Crystals Published In Crystals Volume 10 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh Energy Storage Properties in (Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3-Bi(Mg0.5Zr0.5)O3 Lead-Free Ceramics and Potential for High-Temperature Capacitors Published In Materials Volume 13 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in lead-free piezoceramics by synergistic design Published In Nano Energy Volume 76 Altmetric
2019	(Bi0.51 Na0.47)TiO3 based lead free ceramics with high energy density and efficiency Published In Journal of Materiomics Volume 5 Pages 385 - 393 Altmetric
2019	Achieving ultrahigh energy storage performance in bismuth magnesium titanate film capacitors: Via amorphous-structure engineering Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 13632 - 13639 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2019	An environmentally-benign NaNbO3 based perovskite antiferroelectric alternative to traditional lead-based counterparts Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 15153 - 15161 Altmetric
2019	Atmospheric controlled processing enabling highly textured NKN with enhanced piezoelectric performance Volume 39 Pages 963 - 972 Altmetric
2019	Bi-modified SrTiO3-based ceramics for high-temperature energy storage applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Altmetric
2019	Chemical Solution Route for High‐Quality Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films Published In Small ISSN 1613-6829 Altmetric
2019	Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Textured Lead-Free Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-Based Ceramics Published In Crystals Volume 9 Pages 9040206-1 - 9040206-11 Altmetric
2019	Electric field effect on short-range polar order in a relaxor ferroelectric system Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Volume 100 Pages 024113-1 - 024113-5 ISSN 1098-0121 Altmetric
2019	Electric-field control of the remanent-magnetic-state relaxation in a piezoelectric-ferromagnetic PZT-5%Fe3O4 composite Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 126 Pages 044104-1 - 044104-7 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Electrical properties of yttrium calcium oxyborate crystal annealed at high temperature and low oxygen partial pressure Published In Journal of Materiomics Volume 5 Pages 363 - 371 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced antiferroelectric phase stability in La-doped AgNbO3: Perspectives from the microstructure to energy storage properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 2225 - 2232 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced energy storage and fast discharge properties of BaTiO3 based ceramics modified by Bi(Mg1/2Zr1/2)O3 Volume 39 Pages 1103 - 1109 Altmetric
2019	Excellent thermal stability and aging behaviors in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics with rhombohedral phase Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 103 Pages 374 - 381 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Flexible piezoelectric energy harvester/sensor with high voltage output over wide temperature range Published In Nano Energy Volume 61 Pages 337 - 345 ISSN 2211-2855 Altmetric
2019	Flexoelectricity in solids: Progress, challenges, and perspectives Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 106 Pages 100570-1 - 100570-51 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published In Science Volume 364 Pages 264 - 268 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2019	High-Performance Sm-Doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3‑PbZrO3‑PbTiO3‑Based Piezoceramics Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 43359 - 43367 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Investigation of dielectric and piezoelectric properties in aliovalent Eu3+‐modified Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3‐PbTiO3 ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 102 Pages 7428 - 7435 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Mechanisms underpinning the ultrahigh piezoelectricity in Sm-doped 0.705Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.295PbTiO3: Temperature-induced metastable local structure and field-induced polarization rotation Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 126 Pages 075101-1 - 075101-11 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Multilayer PZT 95/5 Antiferroelectric Film Energy Storage Devices with Giant Power Density Published In Advanced Materials Volume 31 Pages 1904819-1 - 1904819-9 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Perovskite lead-free dielectrics for energy storage applications Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 102 Pages 72 - 108 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2019	Pronounced and reversible modulation of the piezoelectric coefficients by a low magnetic field in a magnetoelectric PZT-5%Fe3O4 system Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 2178-1 - 2178-10 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Revisiting the structural stability and electromechanical properties in lead zinc niobate-lead titanate-barium titanate (PZN-PT-BT) ternary system Published In Journal of the European Ceramic Society Altmetric
2019	Smart machine learning or discovering meaningful physical and chemical contributions through dimensional stacking Published In npj Computational Materials Volume 5 Pages 85-1 - 85-8 Altmetric
2019	The PZT/Ni unimorph magnetoelectric energy harvester for wireless sensing applications Published In Energy Conversion and Management Volume 200 ISSN 0196-8904 Altmetric
2019	The evaluation of super-capacitive performance of novel g-C3N4/PPy nanocomposite electrode material with sandwich-like structure Published In Composites Part B: Engineering Volume 162 Pages 369 - 377 ISSN 1359-8368 Altmetric
2019	Thermal energy harvesting performance in 0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.06BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3: AlN composite ceramics based on the Olsen cycle Volume 39 Pages 5243 - 5251 Altmetric
2019	Thermal expansion and electro-elastic features of Ba2TiSi2O8 high temperature piezoelectric crystal Published In Crystals Volume 9 Pages 1 - 12 Altmetric
2019	Ultra-high energy storage performance with mitigated polarization saturation in lead-free relaxors Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8573 - 8580 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh Energy-Storage Density in Antiferroelectric Ceramics with Field-Induced Multiphase Transitions Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 29 Pages 1807321-1 - 1807321-9 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh Energy-Storage Density in NaNbO3-Based Lead-Free Relaxor Antiferroelectric Ceramics with Nanoscale Domains Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 29 Pages 1903877-1 - 1903877-8 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh-energy density lead-free dielectric films via polymorphic nanodomain design Published In Science Volume 365 Pages 578 - 582 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2018	Antiferroelectric-ferroelectric phase transition in lead-free AgNbO3ceramics for energy storage applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 101 Pages 5443 - 5450 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2018	Bioinspired elastic piezoelectric composites for high-performance mechanical energy harvesting Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 6 Pages 14546 - 14552 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2018	Complete stress-induced depolarization of relaxor ferroelectric crystals without transition through a non-polar phase Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 112 Pages 122903-1 - 122903-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Control of Both Superconducting Critical Temperature and Critical Current by Means of Electric-Field-Induced Reconfigurable Strain Published In Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Volume 31 Pages 3147 - 3152 ISSN 1557-1939 Altmetric
2018	Control of superconductivity by means of electric-field-induced strain in superconductor/piezoelectric hybrids Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 123 Pages 023903-1 - 023903-8 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2018	Enhanced pyroelectric and piezoelectric responses in W/Mn-codoped Bi4Ti3O12Aurivillius ceramics Volume 38 Pages 5348 - 5353 Altmetric
2018	Flexible energy harvesting polymer composites based on biofibril-templated 3-dimensional interconnected piezoceramics Published In Nano Energy Volume 50 Pages 35 - 42 ISSN 2211-2855 Altmetric
2018	Gradient chemical order in the relaxor Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 112 Pages 082901-1 - 082901-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	High-Performance Piezoelectric Crystals, Ceramics, and Films Published In Annual Review of Materials Research Volume 48 Pages 191 - 217 ISSN 1531-7331 Altmetric
2018	Lead-free textured piezoceramics using tape casting: A review Published In Journal of Materiomics Volume 4 Pages 277 - 303 Altmetric
2018	Local Structural Heterogeneity and Electromechanical Responses of Ferroelectrics: Learning from Relaxor Ferroelectrics Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 28 Pages 1801504-1 - 1801504-21 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2018	Mechanism of the giant permittivity in Sm modified SrTiO3sintered at different atmospheres Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Volume 29 Pages 11546 - 11552 ISSN 0957-4522 Altmetric
2018	Microscopic Insight into Electric Fatigue Resistance and Thermally Stable Piezoelectric Properties of (K,Na)NbO3‑Based Ceramics Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 28772 - 28779 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	Multilayer Lead-free Ceramic Capacitors With Ultrahigh Energy Density And Efficiency Published In Advanced Materials Volume 30 Pages 1802155-1 - 1802155-7 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2018	Origin of low dielectric loss and giant dielectric response in (Nb+Al) co-doped strontium titanate Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 101 Pages 5089 - 5097 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2018	Pyroelectric properties of Mn-doped Aurivillius ceramics with different pseudo-perovskite layers Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 101 Pages 1592 - 1597 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2018	Recent developments in piezoelectric crystals Published In Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society Volume 55 Pages 419 - 439 Altmetric
2018	Review of high temperature piezoelectric materials, devices, and applications Published In Acta Physica Sinica Volume 67 Pages 207701-1 - 207701-30 ISSN 1674-1056 Altmetric
2018	Silver Niobate Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Ceramics: Enhancing Energy Storage Density by B-Site Doping Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 819 - 826 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	Stabilized antiferroelectricity in xBiScO3-(1-x)NaNbO3 lead-free ceramics with established double hysteresis loops Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 112 Pages 092905-1 - 092905-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Structural stability and electro-elastic property of YCOB crystal annealed in harsh environment Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 113 Pages 122905-1 - 122905-4 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Superconducting thermomagnetic instabilities tuned through electric-field-controlled strain in Nb/PMN-PT/Nb hybrids Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications Volume 544 Pages 33 - 39 ISSN 0921-4534 Altmetric
2018	Tailoring the energy storage performance of polymer nanocomposites with aspect ratio optimized 1D nanofillers Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 6 Pages 20356 - 20364 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2018	Tunable dielectric resonance with negative permittivity behavior of BiFeO3-Bi2Fe4O9 composite at about 1 GHz Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 735 Pages 2081 - 2086 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2018	Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Properties in Textured (K,Na)NbO3-Based Lead-Free Ceramics Published In Advanced Materials Volume 30 Pages 1705171-1 - 1705171-9 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published In Nature Materials Volume 17 Pages 349 - 354 ISSN 1476-1122 Altmetric
2017	Defect structure-electrical property relationship in Mn-doped calcium strontium titanate dielectric ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 100 Pages 4638 - 4648 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2017	Electro-elastic characterization of Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 crystals for lateral-field-excitation acoustic wave sensing applications Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 728 Pages 518 - 524 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2017	Electrocaloric effect in lead-free relaxor (1-x)(Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3+x(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 material system Published In Materials Letters Volume 187 Pages 68 - 71 ISSN 0167-577X Altmetric
2017	Homogeneous/Inhomogeneous-Structured Dielectrics and their Energy-Storage Performances Published In Advanced Materials Volume 29 Pages 1601727-1 - 1601727-15 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2017	Impacts of acceptor doping on the piezoelectric properties and domain structure in NBT-based lead-free ceramics Volume 37 Pages 3493 - 3500 Altmetric
2017	Investigation of MnO2-doped (Ba, Ca)TiO3 lead-free ceramics for high power piezoelectric applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 100 Pages 3568 - 3576 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2017	Investigation of morphotropic phase boundaries in PIN-PSN-PT relaxor ferroelectric ternary systems with high Tr-t and Tc phase transition temperatures Volume 37 Pages 2813 - 2823 Altmetric
2017	Investigation of the crystal growth, thickness and radial modes of α-BiB3O6 piezoelectric crystals Published In CrystEngComm Volume 19 Pages 546 - 551 ISSN 1466-8033 Altmetric
2017	Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Silver Niobate Tantalate with High Energy Storage Performance Published In Advanced Materials Volume 29 Pages 1701824-1 - 1701824-7 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2017	Microstructure and dielectric characteristics of Nb2O5 doped BaTiO3-Bi(Znl/2Til/2)O3 ceramics for capacitor applications Volume 37 Pages 123 - 128 Altmetric
2017	Temperature dependence of the electro-elastic properties of the monoclinic α-BiB3O6crystals Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 699 Pages 505 - 510 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2017	The Contributions of Polar Nanoregions to the Dielectric and Piezoelectric Responses in Domain-Engineered Relaxor-PbTiO3 Crystals Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 27 Pages 1700310-1 - 1700310-9 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2017	Thermal annealing effects on the energy storage properties of BST ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 100 Pages 3550 - 3557 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	A perovskite lead-free antiferroelectric xCaHfO3-(1-x) NaNbO3 with induced double hysteresis loops at room temperature Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 120 Pages 204102-1 - 204102 -6 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2016	Acoustic Detection of Phase Transitions at the Nanoscale Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 26 Pages 478 - 486 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2016	Aging behavior and electrical properties of low-temperature sintered (Ba, Ca)(Ti, Zr)O3-Ba(Cu, W)O3ceramics and plate loudspeaker Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 237 Pages 9 - 19 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2016	Base Metal Co-Fired Multilayer Piezoelectrics Published In Actuators Volume 5 Pages 1 - 21 Altmetric
2016	Crystallographic dependence of internal bias in domain engineered Mn-doped relaxor-PbTiO3 single crystals Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 4 Pages 4568 - 4576 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2016	Domain configuration and thermal stability of (K0.48Na0.52)(Nb0.96Sb0.04)O3-Bi0.50 (Na0.82K0.18)0.50ZrO3 piezoceramics with high d33 coefficient Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 8 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2016	Effect of oxygen vacancy on electrical property of acceptor doped BaTiO3–Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–Nb2O5 X8R systems Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 99 Pages 3067 - 3073 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	Fast Magnetic Domain-Wall Motion in a Ring-Shaped Nanowire Driven by a Voltage Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology Volume 16 Pages 2341 - 2348 ISSN 1530-6984 Altmetric
2016	High performance Aurivillius-type bismuth titanate niobate (Bi3TiNbO9) piezoelectric ceramics for high temperature applications Published In Ceramics International Volume 42 Pages 6993 - 7000 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2016	Improved Pyroelectric Properties of CaBi4Ti4O15 Ferroelectrics Ceramics by Nb/Mn Co-Doping for Pyrosensors Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 99 Pages 1294 - 1298 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	Lead-free AgNbO3 anti-ferroelectric ceramics with an enhanced energy storage performance using MnO2 modification Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 4 Pages 8380 - 8384 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2016	Microstructure and electrical properties of Nb and Mn co-doped CaBi4Ti4O15 high temperature piezoceramics obtained by two-step sintering Published In Ceramics International Volume 42 Pages 7868 - 7872 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2016	New Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O-3-PbZrO3-PbTiO3 Quaternary Ceramics: Morphotropic Phase Boundary Design and Electrical Properties Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 8 Pages 15506 - 15517 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2016	SiO2-Ti0.98In0.01Nb0.01O2composite ceramics with low dielectric loss, high dielectric permittivity and an enhanced breakdown electric field Published In RSC Advances Volume 6 Pages 20074 - 20080 Altmetric
2016	Study on a flexoelectric microphone using barium strontium titanate Published In Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering Volume 26 Pages 045001-1 - 045001-9 ISSN 0960-1317 Altmetric
2016	The Role of Microstructure on Microwave Dielectric Properties of (Ba,Sr)TiO3Ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 99 Pages 905 - 910 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Pages 13807-1 - 13807-9 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	The temperature-dependent piezoelectric and electromechanical properties of cobalt-modified sodium bismuth titanate Published In Ceramics International Volume 42 Pages 4268 - 4273 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2016	[111]-oriented PIN-PMN-PT crystals with ultrahigh dielectric permittivity and high frequency constant for high-frequency transducer applications Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 120 Pages 074105-1 - 074105-5 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2015	(k, Na, Li)(nb, Ta)o-3:mn Lead-free Single Crystal With High Piezoelectric Properties Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 98 Pages 1829 - 1835 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2015	Advantages and challenges of relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals for electroacoustic transducers - A review Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 68 Pages 1 - 66 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2015	Crystal growth and characterization of thulium calcium oxyborate high-temperature piezoelectric crystals Published In CrystEngComm Volume 17 Pages 553 - 560 Altmetric
2015	Design, fabrication and dielectric properties in core-double shell BaTiO3-based ceramics for MLCC application Published In RSC Advances Volume 5 Pages 8868 - 8876 Altmetric
2015	Dielectric and electrocaloric responses of Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3bulk ceramics and thick films with sintering AIDS Published In IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Volume 22 Pages 1501 - 1505 ISSN 1070-9878 Altmetric
2015	Dielectric, elastic and piezoelectric properties of SrLaGa3O7 and BaLaGa3O7 crystals with Melilite structure Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 647 Pages 1069 - 1074 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2015	Domain size engineering in 0.5%MnO2-(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 lead free piezoelectric crystals Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 117 Pages 074103-1 - 074103-5 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2015	Domain structure of potassium-sodium niobate ceramics before and after poling Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 98 Pages 1027 - 1033 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2015	Effect of MnO2 addition on relaxor behavior and electrical properties of PMNST ferroelectric ceramics Published In Ceramics International Volume 41 Pages 9647 - 9654 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2023	High performance lead free ferroelectric single crystals for piezoelectric transducer application Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2018 - 2021	Exploration and design of high performance relaxor ferroelectrics based on microstructure study Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2019	Magneto-elastic coupling in Pr1-xLuxMn2Ge2 systems near phase transition temperature Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2015 - 2019	New dielectric materials: Improving storage density of high temperature multilayer ceramic capacitors to sustainably meet future energy demands Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships
2016 - 2018	Exploration of New Mesoscale Mechanisms for Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Responses in Relaxor Ferroelectrics Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2016	Travel support for technical meetings with NUWC and PSU researchers on transducer material development Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Visiting Scientists Program
	An upgraded nanoindenter facility with in-situ Raman at high temperature Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
	Investigation of the pressure response of physical properties in novel TbC02Mnx compounds (x=0-0.3) Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
	Strong magneto-elastic coupling in PrMn2-FexGe2 system Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
	Structural evidence for Electric-field-induced Strain in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) based ceramics Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime

Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploration of New Mesoscale Mechanisms for Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Responses in Relaxor Ferroelectrics: Demonstration of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for the Development of Sustainable Society	Lu, Yun
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploring Ferroelectric Domain Engineering through Ceramics Texturing, for Underwater Acoustics Applications	Moriana, Alain
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigation of Bismuth Ferrite based Piezoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Catalysis	Sun, Yanhua
Doctor of Philosophy	Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Novel Functional Materials	He, Yahua
Doctor of Philosophy	New dielectric materials: improving energy density and energy harvesting of ceramics to sustainably meet future energy demands	Baasandorj, Lkhagvasuren
Doctor of Philosophy	High Performance Lead Free Ferroelectric Single Crystals for Piezoelectric Transducer Applications	Kabakov, Peter
Doctor of Philosophy	Study of relaxor ferroelectric materials	Joseph, Jincymol
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano ferroic materials for energy applications	Du, Yumeng

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Shandong University, Institute of Crystal Materials 1997 - 2000

Awards And Honors

ARC Future Fellowship, 2014

Keywords

Dielectric, Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Flexoelectric, Electrocaloric, Electro-optic, Ceramic, Crystal, Composite, MLCC, Sensor, Transducer, Energy harvesting, Energy storage

Full Name

Prof Shujun Zhang

Mailing Address

ISEM/AIIM Building

Innovation Campus, Squires Way

North Wollongong

NSW

2500

Australia

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6139-6887 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

https://publons.com/researcher/2894535/shujun-zhang/

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	Transparent ferroelectric crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity Published in Nature
2019	Flexoelectricity in solids: Progress, challenges, and perspectives Published in Progress in Materials Science
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published in Science
2019	Perovskite lead-free dielectrics for energy storage applications Published in Progress in Materials Science
2018	Multilayer Lead-free Ceramic Capacitors With Ultrahigh Energy Density And Efficiency Published in Advanced Materials
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published in Nature Materials
2017	Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Silver Niobate Tantalate with High Energy Storage Performance Published in Advanced Materials
2016	The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals Published in Nature Communications
2015	Advantages and challenges of relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals for electroacoustic transducers - A review Published in Progress in Materials Science
2014	Decoding the fingerprint of ferroelectric loops: Comprehension of the material properties and structures Published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2014	Electrostrictive effect in ferroelectrics: An alternative approach to improve piezoelectricity Published in Applied Physics Reviews
2012	High performance ferroelectric relaxor-PbTiO3 single crystals: Status and perspective Published in Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Piezoelectric materials for high temperature sensors Published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2019	Ultrahigh-energy density lead-free dielectric films via polymorphic nanodomain design Published in Science
2013	Flexoelectric nano-generator: Materials, structures and devices Published in Nano Energy

Research Areas

Research Overview

Prof. Zhang is focusing in the research field of materials science and engineering, including dielectric, piezoelectric, ferroelectric and electrocaloric materials in different forms such as ceramics, textured ceramics, crystals, composites, polymers, thick film, etc., for many applications including energy harvesting and energy storage, ultrasonic transducers, sensors and solid state cooling, and multifunction coupling phenomena in emerging applications. Substantial research work has been done under his supervision on material design- fabrication- structure analysis- property characterization- prototypic device evaluations and try to understand the relationships between them to better guide the material development. He has broad collaborations with academics and industries around the world, with the backgrounds of material engineering, mechanical engineering and biological engineering. Prof Zhang’s significant contribution to the materials science has led him to be awarded the ARC Future Fellowship, Fellow of American Ceramic Society and was named the Australian Field Leader in Ceramic Engineering by Australian Research Supplement Magazine.

Member Of

The Australian Ceramic Society Life member 2020 -
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member 2008 -
The American Ceramic Society Fellow 2002 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Atomic-scale origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in samarium-doped PMN-PT ceramics Published In Physical Review B Volume 101 Pages 140102-1 - 140102-7 Altmetric
2020	Diffused morphotropic phase boundary in relaxor-PbTiO3 crystals: High piezoelectricity with improved thermal stability Published In Applied Physics Reviews Volume 7 Pages 021405-1 - 021405-12 Altmetric
2020	Electrical conduction mechanism of rare-earth calcium oxyborate high temperature piezoelectric crystals Published In Acta Materialia Volume 183 Pages 165 - 171 ISSN 1359-6454 Altmetric
2020	Enhanced Energy Storage Performance of Sodium Niobate-Based Relaxor Dielectrics by a Ramp-to-Spike Sintering Profile Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 12 Pages 32834 - 32841 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2020	Enhanced magnetic performance of BiFeO3 by cerium substitution Published In Ceramics International Volume Online First Altmetric
2020	Enhanced mechanical energy harvesting capability in sodium bismuth titanate based lead-free piezoelectric Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 825 Altmetric
2020	Evaluation of Electroelastic Properties of YCOB and GdCOB Crystals Irradiated by 6 MeV Xe23+ Ions Published In Crystal Growth and Design Volume 20 Pages 2651 - 2659 Altmetric
2020	Flexible hybrid piezo/triboelectric energy harvester with high power density workable at elevated temperatures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 8 Pages 12003 - 12012 Altmetric
2020	Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H2production performance Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 10 Pages 18632 - 18638 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2020	Impact of phase structure on piezoelectric properties of textured lead-free ceramics Published In Crystals Volume 10 Pages 367-1 - 367-10 Altmetric
2020	Local Structure Heterogeneity in Sm-Doped AgNbO3 for Improved Energy-Storage Performance Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Altmetric
2020	Origin of large electric-field-induced strain in pseudo-cubic BiFeO3–BaTiO3 ceramics Published In Acta Materialia Volume 197 Pages 1 - 9 Altmetric
2020	Phase-composition dependent domain responses in (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based piezoceramics Published In Journal of the European Ceramic Society Volume 40 Pages 1217 - 1222 Altmetric
2020	Solid-state crystal growth of lead-free ferroelectrics Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 8 Pages 7606 - 7649 Altmetric
2020	Temperature monitorable kinetics study of human blood coagulation by utilizing a dual-mode AlN-Based acoustic wave resonator Published In IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Volume 67 Pages 131 - 135 Altmetric
2020	Transparent ferroelectric crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity Published In Nature Volume 577 Pages 350 - 354 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh Electromechanical Coupling and Its Thermal Stability in (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-Based Lead-Free Single Crystals Published In Crystals Volume 10 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh Energy Storage Properties in (Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3-Bi(Mg0.5Zr0.5)O3 Lead-Free Ceramics and Potential for High-Temperature Capacitors Published In Materials Volume 13 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in lead-free piezoceramics by synergistic design Published In Nano Energy Volume 76 Altmetric
2019	(Bi0.51 Na0.47)TiO3 based lead free ceramics with high energy density and efficiency Published In Journal of Materiomics Volume 5 Pages 385 - 393 Altmetric
2019	Achieving ultrahigh energy storage performance in bismuth magnesium titanate film capacitors: Via amorphous-structure engineering Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 13632 - 13639 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2019	An environmentally-benign NaNbO3 based perovskite antiferroelectric alternative to traditional lead-based counterparts Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 15153 - 15161 Altmetric
2019	Atmospheric controlled processing enabling highly textured NKN with enhanced piezoelectric performance Volume 39 Pages 963 - 972 Altmetric
2019	Bi-modified SrTiO3-based ceramics for high-temperature energy storage applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Altmetric
2019	Chemical Solution Route for High‐Quality Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films Published In Small ISSN 1613-6829 Altmetric
2019	Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Textured Lead-Free Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-Based Ceramics Published In Crystals Volume 9 Pages 9040206-1 - 9040206-11 Altmetric
2019	Electric field effect on short-range polar order in a relaxor ferroelectric system Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Volume 100 Pages 024113-1 - 024113-5 ISSN 1098-0121 Altmetric
2019	Electric-field control of the remanent-magnetic-state relaxation in a piezoelectric-ferromagnetic PZT-5%Fe3O4 composite Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 126 Pages 044104-1 - 044104-7 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Electrical properties of yttrium calcium oxyborate crystal annealed at high temperature and low oxygen partial pressure Published In Journal of Materiomics Volume 5 Pages 363 - 371 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced antiferroelectric phase stability in La-doped AgNbO3: Perspectives from the microstructure to energy storage properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 2225 - 2232 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced energy storage and fast discharge properties of BaTiO3 based ceramics modified by Bi(Mg1/2Zr1/2)O3 Volume 39 Pages 1103 - 1109 Altmetric
2019	Excellent thermal stability and aging behaviors in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics with rhombohedral phase Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 103 Pages 374 - 381 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Flexible piezoelectric energy harvester/sensor with high voltage output over wide temperature range Published In Nano Energy Volume 61 Pages 337 - 345 ISSN 2211-2855 Altmetric
2019	Flexoelectricity in solids: Progress, challenges, and perspectives Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 106 Pages 100570-1 - 100570-51 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published In Science Volume 364 Pages 264 - 268 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2019	High-Performance Sm-Doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3‑PbZrO3‑PbTiO3‑Based Piezoceramics Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 43359 - 43367 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Investigation of dielectric and piezoelectric properties in aliovalent Eu3+‐modified Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3‐PbTiO3 ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 102 Pages 7428 - 7435 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Mechanisms underpinning the ultrahigh piezoelectricity in Sm-doped 0.705Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.295PbTiO3: Temperature-induced metastable local structure and field-induced polarization rotation Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 126 Pages 075101-1 - 075101-11 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Multilayer PZT 95/5 Antiferroelectric Film Energy Storage Devices with Giant Power Density Published In Advanced Materials Volume 31 Pages 1904819-1 - 1904819-9 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Perovskite lead-free dielectrics for energy storage applications Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 102 Pages 72 - 108 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2019	Pronounced and reversible modulation of the piezoelectric coefficients by a low magnetic field in a magnetoelectric PZT-5%Fe3O4 system Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 2178-1 - 2178-10 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Revisiting the structural stability and electromechanical properties in lead zinc niobate-lead titanate-barium titanate (PZN-PT-BT) ternary system Published In Journal of the European Ceramic Society Altmetric
2019	Smart machine learning or discovering meaningful physical and chemical contributions through dimensional stacking Published In npj Computational Materials Volume 5 Pages 85-1 - 85-8 Altmetric
2019	The PZT/Ni unimorph magnetoelectric energy harvester for wireless sensing applications Published In Energy Conversion and Management Volume 200 ISSN 0196-8904 Altmetric
2019	The evaluation of super-capacitive performance of novel g-C3N4/PPy nanocomposite electrode material with sandwich-like structure Published In Composites Part B: Engineering Volume 162 Pages 369 - 377 ISSN 1359-8368 Altmetric
2019	Thermal energy harvesting performance in 0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.06BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3: AlN composite ceramics based on the Olsen cycle Volume 39 Pages 5243 - 5251 Altmetric
2019	Thermal expansion and electro-elastic features of Ba2TiSi2O8 high temperature piezoelectric crystal Published In Crystals Volume 9 Pages 1 - 12 Altmetric
2019	Ultra-high energy storage performance with mitigated polarization saturation in lead-free relaxors Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8573 - 8580 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh Energy-Storage Density in Antiferroelectric Ceramics with Field-Induced Multiphase Transitions Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 29 Pages 1807321-1 - 1807321-9 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh Energy-Storage Density in NaNbO3-Based Lead-Free Relaxor Antiferroelectric Ceramics with Nanoscale Domains Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 29 Pages 1903877-1 - 1903877-8 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh-energy density lead-free dielectric films via polymorphic nanodomain design Published In Science Volume 365 Pages 578 - 582 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2018	Antiferroelectric-ferroelectric phase transition in lead-free AgNbO3ceramics for energy storage applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 101 Pages 5443 - 5450 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2018	Bioinspired elastic piezoelectric composites for high-performance mechanical energy harvesting Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 6 Pages 14546 - 14552 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2018	Complete stress-induced depolarization of relaxor ferroelectric crystals without transition through a non-polar phase Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 112 Pages 122903-1 - 122903-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Control of Both Superconducting Critical Temperature and Critical Current by Means of Electric-Field-Induced Reconfigurable Strain Published In Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Volume 31 Pages 3147 - 3152 ISSN 1557-1939 Altmetric
2018	Control of superconductivity by means of electric-field-induced strain in superconductor/piezoelectric hybrids Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 123 Pages 023903-1 - 023903-8 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2018	Enhanced pyroelectric and piezoelectric responses in W/Mn-codoped Bi4Ti3O12Aurivillius ceramics Volume 38 Pages 5348 - 5353 Altmetric
2018	Flexible energy harvesting polymer composites based on biofibril-templated 3-dimensional interconnected piezoceramics Published In Nano Energy Volume 50 Pages 35 - 42 ISSN 2211-2855 Altmetric
2018	Gradient chemical order in the relaxor Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 112 Pages 082901-1 - 082901-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	High-Performance Piezoelectric Crystals, Ceramics, and Films Published In Annual Review of Materials Research Volume 48 Pages 191 - 217 ISSN 1531-7331 Altmetric
2018	Lead-free textured piezoceramics using tape casting: A review Published In Journal of Materiomics Volume 4 Pages 277 - 303 Altmetric
2018	Local Structural Heterogeneity and Electromechanical Responses of Ferroelectrics: Learning from Relaxor Ferroelectrics Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 28 Pages 1801504-1 - 1801504-21 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2018	Mechanism of the giant permittivity in Sm modified SrTiO3sintered at different atmospheres Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Volume 29 Pages 11546 - 11552 ISSN 0957-4522 Altmetric
2018	Microscopic Insight into Electric Fatigue Resistance and Thermally Stable Piezoelectric Properties of (K,Na)NbO3‑Based Ceramics Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 28772 - 28779 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	Multilayer Lead-free Ceramic Capacitors With Ultrahigh Energy Density And Efficiency Published In Advanced Materials Volume 30 Pages 1802155-1 - 1802155-7 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2018	Origin of low dielectric loss and giant dielectric response in (Nb+Al) co-doped strontium titanate Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 101 Pages 5089 - 5097 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2018	Pyroelectric properties of Mn-doped Aurivillius ceramics with different pseudo-perovskite layers Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 101 Pages 1592 - 1597 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2018	Recent developments in piezoelectric crystals Published In Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society Volume 55 Pages 419 - 439 Altmetric
2018	Review of high temperature piezoelectric materials, devices, and applications Published In Acta Physica Sinica Volume 67 Pages 207701-1 - 207701-30 ISSN 1674-1056 Altmetric
2018	Silver Niobate Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Ceramics: Enhancing Energy Storage Density by B-Site Doping Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 819 - 826 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	Stabilized antiferroelectricity in xBiScO3-(1-x)NaNbO3 lead-free ceramics with established double hysteresis loops Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 112 Pages 092905-1 - 092905-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Structural stability and electro-elastic property of YCOB crystal annealed in harsh environment Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 113 Pages 122905-1 - 122905-4 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Superconducting thermomagnetic instabilities tuned through electric-field-controlled strain in Nb/PMN-PT/Nb hybrids Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications Volume 544 Pages 33 - 39 ISSN 0921-4534 Altmetric
2018	Tailoring the energy storage performance of polymer nanocomposites with aspect ratio optimized 1D nanofillers Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 6 Pages 20356 - 20364 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2018	Tunable dielectric resonance with negative permittivity behavior of BiFeO3-Bi2Fe4O9 composite at about 1 GHz Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 735 Pages 2081 - 2086 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2018	Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Properties in Textured (K,Na)NbO3-Based Lead-Free Ceramics Published In Advanced Materials Volume 30 Pages 1705171-1 - 1705171-9 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published In Nature Materials Volume 17 Pages 349 - 354 ISSN 1476-1122 Altmetric
2017	Defect structure-electrical property relationship in Mn-doped calcium strontium titanate dielectric ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 100 Pages 4638 - 4648 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2017	Electro-elastic characterization of Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 crystals for lateral-field-excitation acoustic wave sensing applications Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 728 Pages 518 - 524 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2017	Electrocaloric effect in lead-free relaxor (1-x)(Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3+x(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 material system Published In Materials Letters Volume 187 Pages 68 - 71 ISSN 0167-577X Altmetric
2017	Homogeneous/Inhomogeneous-Structured Dielectrics and their Energy-Storage Performances Published In Advanced Materials Volume 29 Pages 1601727-1 - 1601727-15 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2017	Impacts of acceptor doping on the piezoelectric properties and domain structure in NBT-based lead-free ceramics Volume 37 Pages 3493 - 3500 Altmetric
2017	Investigation of MnO2-doped (Ba, Ca)TiO3 lead-free ceramics for high power piezoelectric applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 100 Pages 3568 - 3576 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2017	Investigation of morphotropic phase boundaries in PIN-PSN-PT relaxor ferroelectric ternary systems with high Tr-t and Tc phase transition temperatures Volume 37 Pages 2813 - 2823 Altmetric
2017	Investigation of the crystal growth, thickness and radial modes of α-BiB3O6 piezoelectric crystals Published In CrystEngComm Volume 19 Pages 546 - 551 ISSN 1466-8033 Altmetric
2017	Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Silver Niobate Tantalate with High Energy Storage Performance Published In Advanced Materials Volume 29 Pages 1701824-1 - 1701824-7 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2017	Microstructure and dielectric characteristics of Nb2O5 doped BaTiO3-Bi(Znl/2Til/2)O3 ceramics for capacitor applications Volume 37 Pages 123 - 128 Altmetric
2017	Temperature dependence of the electro-elastic properties of the monoclinic α-BiB3O6crystals Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 699 Pages 505 - 510 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2017	The Contributions of Polar Nanoregions to the Dielectric and Piezoelectric Responses in Domain-Engineered Relaxor-PbTiO3 Crystals Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 27 Pages 1700310-1 - 1700310-9 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2017	Thermal annealing effects on the energy storage properties of BST ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 100 Pages 3550 - 3557 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	A perovskite lead-free antiferroelectric xCaHfO3-(1-x) NaNbO3 with induced double hysteresis loops at room temperature Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 120 Pages 204102-1 - 204102 -6 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2016	Acoustic Detection of Phase Transitions at the Nanoscale Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 26 Pages 478 - 486 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2016	Aging behavior and electrical properties of low-temperature sintered (Ba, Ca)(Ti, Zr)O3-Ba(Cu, W)O3ceramics and plate loudspeaker Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 237 Pages 9 - 19 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2016	Base Metal Co-Fired Multilayer Piezoelectrics Published In Actuators Volume 5 Pages 1 - 21 Altmetric
2016	Crystallographic dependence of internal bias in domain engineered Mn-doped relaxor-PbTiO3 single crystals Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 4 Pages 4568 - 4576 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2016	Domain configuration and thermal stability of (K0.48Na0.52)(Nb0.96Sb0.04)O3-Bi0.50 (Na0.82K0.18)0.50ZrO3 piezoceramics with high d33 coefficient Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 8 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2016	Effect of oxygen vacancy on electrical property of acceptor doped BaTiO3–Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–Nb2O5 X8R systems Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 99 Pages 3067 - 3073 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	Fast Magnetic Domain-Wall Motion in a Ring-Shaped Nanowire Driven by a Voltage Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology Volume 16 Pages 2341 - 2348 ISSN 1530-6984 Altmetric
2016	High performance Aurivillius-type bismuth titanate niobate (Bi3TiNbO9) piezoelectric ceramics for high temperature applications Published In Ceramics International Volume 42 Pages 6993 - 7000 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2016	Improved Pyroelectric Properties of CaBi4Ti4O15 Ferroelectrics Ceramics by Nb/Mn Co-Doping for Pyrosensors Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 99 Pages 1294 - 1298 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	Lead-free AgNbO3 anti-ferroelectric ceramics with an enhanced energy storage performance using MnO2 modification Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 4 Pages 8380 - 8384 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2016	Microstructure and electrical properties of Nb and Mn co-doped CaBi4Ti4O15 high temperature piezoceramics obtained by two-step sintering Published In Ceramics International Volume 42 Pages 7868 - 7872 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2016	New Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O-3-PbZrO3-PbTiO3 Quaternary Ceramics: Morphotropic Phase Boundary Design and Electrical Properties Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 8 Pages 15506 - 15517 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2016	SiO2-Ti0.98In0.01Nb0.01O2composite ceramics with low dielectric loss, high dielectric permittivity and an enhanced breakdown electric field Published In RSC Advances Volume 6 Pages 20074 - 20080 Altmetric
2016	Study on a flexoelectric microphone using barium strontium titanate Published In Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering Volume 26 Pages 045001-1 - 045001-9 ISSN 0960-1317 Altmetric
2016	The Role of Microstructure on Microwave Dielectric Properties of (Ba,Sr)TiO3Ceramics Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 99 Pages 905 - 910 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2016	The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Pages 13807-1 - 13807-9 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	The temperature-dependent piezoelectric and electromechanical properties of cobalt-modified sodium bismuth titanate Published In Ceramics International Volume 42 Pages 4268 - 4273 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2016	[111]-oriented PIN-PMN-PT crystals with ultrahigh dielectric permittivity and high frequency constant for high-frequency transducer applications Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 120 Pages 074105-1 - 074105-5 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2015	(k, Na, Li)(nb, Ta)o-3:mn Lead-free Single Crystal With High Piezoelectric Properties Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 98 Pages 1829 - 1835 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2015	Advantages and challenges of relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals for electroacoustic transducers - A review Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 68 Pages 1 - 66 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2015	Crystal growth and characterization of thulium calcium oxyborate high-temperature piezoelectric crystals Published In CrystEngComm Volume 17 Pages 553 - 560 Altmetric
2015	Design, fabrication and dielectric properties in core-double shell BaTiO3-based ceramics for MLCC application Published In RSC Advances Volume 5 Pages 8868 - 8876 Altmetric
2015	Dielectric and electrocaloric responses of Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3bulk ceramics and thick films with sintering AIDS Published In IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Volume 22 Pages 1501 - 1505 ISSN 1070-9878 Altmetric
2015	Dielectric, elastic and piezoelectric properties of SrLaGa3O7 and BaLaGa3O7 crystals with Melilite structure Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 647 Pages 1069 - 1074 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2015	Domain size engineering in 0.5%MnO2-(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 lead free piezoelectric crystals Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 117 Pages 074103-1 - 074103-5 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2015	Domain structure of potassium-sodium niobate ceramics before and after poling Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 98 Pages 1027 - 1033 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2015	Effect of MnO2 addition on relaxor behavior and electrical properties of PMNST ferroelectric ceramics Published In Ceramics International Volume 41 Pages 9647 - 9654 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2023	High performance lead free ferroelectric single crystals for piezoelectric transducer application Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2018 - 2021	Exploration and design of high performance relaxor ferroelectrics based on microstructure study Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2019	Magneto-elastic coupling in Pr1-xLuxMn2Ge2 systems near phase transition temperature Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2015 - 2019	New dielectric materials: Improving storage density of high temperature multilayer ceramic capacitors to sustainably meet future energy demands Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships
2016 - 2018	Exploration of New Mesoscale Mechanisms for Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Responses in Relaxor Ferroelectrics Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2016	Travel support for technical meetings with NUWC and PSU researchers on transducer material development Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Visiting Scientists Program
	An upgraded nanoindenter facility with in-situ Raman at high temperature Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
	Investigation of the pressure response of physical properties in novel TbC02Mnx compounds (x=0-0.3) Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
	Strong magneto-elastic coupling in PrMn2-FexGe2 system Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
	Structural evidence for Electric-field-induced Strain in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) based ceramics Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploration of New Mesoscale Mechanisms for Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Responses in Relaxor Ferroelectrics: Demonstration of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for the Development of Sustainable Society	Lu, Yun
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploring Ferroelectric Domain Engineering through Ceramics Texturing, for Underwater Acoustics Applications	Moriana, Alain
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigation of Bismuth Ferrite based Piezoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Catalysis	Sun, Yanhua
Doctor of Philosophy	Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Novel Functional Materials	He, Yahua
Doctor of Philosophy	New dielectric materials: improving energy density and energy harvesting of ceramics to sustainably meet future energy demands	Baasandorj, Lkhagvasuren
Doctor of Philosophy	High Performance Lead Free Ferroelectric Single Crystals for Piezoelectric Transducer Applications	Kabakov, Peter
Doctor of Philosophy	Study of relaxor ferroelectric materials	Joseph, Jincymol
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano ferroic materials for energy applications	Du, Yumeng

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Shandong University, Institute of Crystal Materials 1997 - 2000

Awards And Honors

ARC Future Fellowship, 2014

Keywords

Dielectric, Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Flexoelectric, Electrocaloric, Electro-optic, Ceramic, Crystal, Composite, MLCC, Sensor, Transducer, Energy harvesting, Energy storage

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Prof Shujun Zhang

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ISEM/AIIM Building

Innovation Campus, Squires Way

North Wollongong

NSW

2500

Australia

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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6139-6887 (confirmed)

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