Textured piezoelectric ceramics, such as textured Pb(Mg
1/3Nb
2/3)O
3-PbTiO
3 (PMN-PT) ceramics, have attracted considerable attention from both academia and industry, as they possess crystal-like piezoelectric properties, high composition homogeneity, and low manufacturing cost. However, the main difficulty with the textured piezoelectric ceramics is the presence of BaTiO
3 (BT) templates, which greatly reduces their piezoelectricity and phase transition temperature. Thus, it is highly recommended to fabricate textured piezoelectric ceramics using as few templates as possible. Here, we successfully fabricated high-quality <001>-textured PMN-28PT ceramics (texturing degree of 99%) by using an extremely small amount of BT templates (1 vol.%) with the help of CuO/B
2O
3 sintering aids. The textured PMN-28PT ceramic exhibits 80% piezoelectric coefficient (
d33 ∼ 1200 pC/N), 96% electromechanical coefficient (
k33 ∼ 88%) and the same temperature stability (
Trt ∼ 100,
Tc ∼ 150°C) when compared to its single crystal counterpart. In addition, by using an alternating current electric field poling (AC-poling), the piezoelectric coefficient
d33 and dielectric permittivity
ε33 of the textured PMN-28PT ceramics were further enhanced around 5–8%. It is believed that the advantages of high electromechanical properties, low cost, and easy mass production of textured PMN-28PT ceramic will make it a promising candidate for advanced electromechanical devices.
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