Ultra-thin lead oxide piezoelectric layers for reduced environmental contamination using a liquid metal-based process
Mohammad B. Ghasemian, Ali Zavabeti, Roozbeh Abbasi, Priyank V. Kumar, Nitu Syed, Yin Yao, Jianbo Tang, Yifang Wang, Aaron Elbourne, Jialuo Han, Maedehsadat Mousavi, Torben Daeneke, Kourosh Kalantar‐Zadeh
Abstract
Mitigation of the health hazards caused by Pb is necessary. A liquid metal-based synthesis method delivers unit-cell-thick layers of PbO with comparable piezoelectric response and band gap to PZT thick films while posing reduced toxicity.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePiezoelectricityLiquid metalContaminationLead (geology)MetalLead oxideOxideOptoelectronicsComposite materialMetallurgyGeologyBiologyEcologyGeomorphologyAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsZnO doping and properties