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The fundamental shear horizontal (SH0) wave is always of great interests for plate-like structures because of its non-dispersion characteristics. However, the generation and reception of SH0 wave using piezoelectric wafers is not straightforward. In this paper, we firstly define three types shear mode piezoelectric wafers, i.e., the conventional in-plane poled thickness-shear (d15) mode, the thickness-poled thickness-shear (d15) mode, and the face-shear (d24) mode. Then, finite element simulations were conducted to demonstrate their performance in SH wave generation and reception. The results indicated that the face shear d24 wafer can generate almost single mode SH0 wave, while both types of d15 wafers would generate Lamb waves and SH0 wave simultaneously. Finally, experiments were carried out to check the efficiency of different shear mode piezoelectric wafers in SH0 wave generation and reception. The results indicated that the d24 wafer can generate and receive SH0 wave of high signal to noise ratio (SNR) with high energy conversion efficiency, while the in-plane poled d15 wafer would generate SH0 wave of high amplitude and acceptable SNR but with relatively low energy conversion efficiency. The performances of thickness-poled d15 wafer was not as good as the other two in both SH wave generation and reception. 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