Strong converse magnetoelectric coupling was observed in a multiferroic heterostructure of Fe59.3Co28.0Hf12.7 film on (011) cut lead zinc niobate-lead titanate (PZN-PT) slab, which exhibited a large electric field (E-field) tunability of microwave magnetic properties. With the increase of E-field from 0 to 6 kV/cm on PZN-PT, the ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) field Hr shifts downwards by 430.7 Oe along [011¯] direction and upwards by 492.9 Oe along [100] direction of the PZN-PT. Accordingly, the strong magnetoelectric coupling led to a significantly enhanced self-biased FMR frequency from 4.2 to 7.9 GHz under zero bias magnetic field, and the magnetic damping constant α was decreased from 0.0260 to 0.0185 at the same time. These features demonstrate that this multiferroic laminate is promising in fabrication of E-field tunable microwave components.
Mechanical
energy can be directly transformed into chemical energy
by piezoelectric materials, namely, piezocatalysis, which is a potential
tactic for renewable clean energy collection and environmental purification.
The piezocatalytic efficiency strongly relies on the piezoelectric
property and free charge concentration of piezocatalysts. Here, four
samarium-doped (1 – x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 nanostructures
were designed to investigate the correlation between the piezoelectric
property and piezocatalytic performance. The diverse dye degradation
efficiencies confirmed the high piezoelectric coefficient toward high
catalytic activity. The degradation efficiency for acid orange 7 (AO7)
was 100% within 20 min, while those for methyl orange (MO), methylene
blue, and rhodamine B dyes were 97, 78, and 72%, respectively, within
40 min under ultrasonic vibration only. Furthermore, high catalytic
efficiency of 96% was still maintained for AO7 degradation after 10
consecutive degradation cycles for samarium-doped 0.70Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.30PbTiO3 due to its high
piezoelectric coefficient. The investigation of the catalytic mechanism
demonstrated that hole and superoxide radicals were the primary active
species toward AO7 degradation, whereas hydroxyl and hole radicals
were for MO degradation. This work not only demonstrates the highly
efficient catalytic activity of samarium-doped (1 – x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 nanostructures but also gives a deep
comprehension of the correlation between the piezoelectric property
and catalytic performance of piezocatalysts.
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