RT Journal Article T1 A feasible pathway to stabilize monoclinic and tetragonal phase coexistence in barium titanate-based ceramics A1 Necib, Jallouli A1 López Sánchez, Jesús A1 Rubio Marcos, Fernando A1 Serrano, Aída A1 Navarro Palma, Elena A1 Peña Moreno, Álvaro A1 Taoufik, Mnasri A1 Smari, Mourad A1 Rojas Hernández, Rocío Estefanía A1 Carmona Tejero, Noemí A1 Marín Palacios, María Pilar AB Multiphase coexistence has attracted significant interest in recent years because its control has entailed a significant breakthrough for the piezoelectric activity enhancement of lead-free piezoelectric oxides. However, the comprehension of phase coexistence still has many controversies including an adequate synthesis process and/or the role played by crystalline phases in functional properties. In this study, functional barium titanate [BaTiO_(3), (BTO)]-based materials with tunable functional properties were obtained by compositional modification via Bismuth (Bi) doping. Towards this aim, we systematically synthesized BTO-based materials by a sol-gel method, focusing on the control of Bi substitution in the BaTiO_(3) structure. In particular, we found that the substitution of Bi^(+3) leads to the stabilization of a monoclinic-tetragonal (M-T) phase boundary close to room temperature, which facilities the polarization process of the system. As a surprising result, we believe that the simple and cost-effective strategy and design principles described in this work open up the possibility of obtaining BTO-based lead-free ceramics with enhanced properties induced by the stabilization of the phase coexistence, expanding their application range. PB Royal Soc. Chemistry SN 2050-7526 YR 2022 FD 2022-11 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72854 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72854 LA eng NO © 2022. The Royal Society of Chemistry The present work has been supported by the Ministerio Español de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) through the projects: RTI2018-095856-B-C21 and RTI2018-095303-A-C52; Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital (MINECO) by PID2020-114192RB-C41; and Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, by S2018/NMT-4321 NANOMAGCOST and ‘‘Doctorados Industriales’’ project (IND2020/IND-17375), which is co-financed by the European Social Fund. A. S. acknowledges the financial support from the Comunidad de Madrid for an ‘‘Atracción de Talento Investigador’’ contract (2017-t2/IND5395). A. P. received funding from grant PRE2019-0875001234, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Spain. R. E. Rojas-Hernandez acknowledges financial support from the Estonian Research Council (grants PSG-466). NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) / FEDER NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) NO Estonian Research Council NO Comunidad de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 5 abr 2025