To date, most piezoceramics with a high piezoelectric coefficient (d 33 > 500 pC/N) and a high Curie temperature (T C around 400 • C) are BiScO 3 -PbTiO 3 -based (BS-PT-based) systems, containing the rare-earth element Sc, whose high cost hinders mass production. We investigated the effect of Nddoping on the morphotropic phase boundary and synthesized low-cost Nd-doped PbZr 0.54 Ti 0.46 O 3 (PZT) piezoceramics, achieving high piezoelectric performance. At room temperature, the piezoelectric coefficient d 33 reached 550 pC/N with a T C = 375 • C and this changed by only 3.6% over a broad temperature range (30-260 • C). The d 33 value reached an ultra-high value of 941 pC/N at 345 • C, which is higher than that of a BS-PT-based ceramic (810 pC/N at 350 • C). The developed PZT ceramic material has a superior electrostrictive strain of 0.45% at 40 kV/cm, and a room temperature piezoelectric coefficient d 33 * of 1312 pm/V at 20 kV/cm.Our research provides a new paradigm for designing piezoceramics that can be used over a wide temperature range.