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Ceramic‐based dielectric capacitor are highly suitable for pulsed power applications due to their high power density and excellent reliability. However, the ultrahigh applied electric field limit their applications in integrated electronic devices. In this work, (1−x){0.96(Bi0.5Na0.5)(Ti0.995Mn0.005)O3‐0.04BiAlO3}‐xNaNbO3 (BNT‐BA‐xNN, x = 0, 0.04, 0.08, 0.12, and 0.16) ternary ceramics were designed to achieve excellent energy storage properties. It was found that the introduction of NaNbO3 (NN) effectively increase the difference (ΔP) between Pmax and Pr, resulting in an obvious enhancement of the energy storage properties. High recoverable energy storage density, responsivity, and power density, that is, Wrec = 2.01 J/cm3, ξ = Wrec/E = 130.69 J/(kV⋅m2), and PD = 25.59 MW/cm3, accompanied with superior temperature stability were realized at x = 0.14 composition. In addition, the thermal stable dielectric properties of the sample can be prominently improved with increasing NN content. The temperature coefficient of capacitance (TCC) of x = 0.16 composition is lower than 15% over the temperature range from 49°C to 340°C, with a high dielectric permittivity of 1647 and a low dielectric loss (0.0107) at 150°C. All these features show that the BNT‐BA‐xNN ceramics are promising materials for energy storage application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Antiferroelectrics (AFE) are considered a promising energy storage material for components that require nanosecond-level discharge. Pb(Yb 1/2 Nb 1/2)O 3 (PYN) is an AFE material with potential energy storage applications. However, the unmatched critical phase transition field (E F) and breakdown electric field (E B) conceal most of energy storage capacitance. This work is aimed to settle imbalanced E F / E B via a compositional design strategy. E F and E B were tuned in order to obtain 5.18 J cm−3 in recoverable energy density, 65% energy efficiency, and thermal and frequency stability varying within 15%, producing excellent comprehensive energy storage properties. A modified kinetic model of energetic path was used to understand the mechanism governing the variation of E F. We expect our work to contribute to further development of novel AFE materials for energy storage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The electrical hysteresis behaviors and energy storage performance of Pb0.97La0.02(Zr0.58Sn0.335Ti0.085)O3 antiferroelectric ( AFE) ceramics were studied under the combined effects of electric field and temperature. It was observed that the temperature dependence of recoverable energy density ( Wre) of AFE ceramics depends critically on the applied electric field. While Wre at lower electric fields (<8 kV/mm) shows increasing tendency with increasing temperature from 20°C to 100°C, Wre at higher electric fields (>8 kV/mm) demonstrates decreasing dependence. There exists an appropriate electric field (8 kV/mm) under which the AFE ceramics exhibit nearly temperature-independent Wre (the variation is less than 0.5% per 10°C). The underlying physical principles were also discussed in this study. These results indicate that the temperature dependence of Wre of AFE materials can be tuned through selecting appropriate electric fields and provide an avenue to obtain thermal stable energy storage capacitors, which should be of great interest to modern energy storage community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Energy-storage properties of 0.89 Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.06 BaTiO3-0.05 K0.5Na0.5NbO3 (0.89 BNT-0.06 BT-0.05 KNN) lead-free ceramics were first investigated. Measurements of dielectric properties together with switching current curves indicate a rather diffuse ferroelectric ( FE) to anti-ferroelectric ( AFE) phase transition when heating from 20°C to 90°C. The energy density ( W), which was calculated from P-E hysteresis loops, increases linearly with the external electric field when E exceeds AFE- FE transition field. W is independent of temperature and frequency, and maintains around 0.59 J/cm3 under 5.6 kV/mm in the stable AFE phase region. These properties indicate that 0.89 BNT-0.06 BT-0.05 KNN ceramics might be a promising lead-free AFE material for energy-storage capacitor application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effect of residual stress on energy storage property was investigated for a series of PbZrO3 thin films on SrTiO3 and Si substrates. Compressive or tensile residual stress influences the critical electric field EA for the ferroelectric-to-antiferroelectric phase transition, thus for films with (110)/(101) orientation, energy density W of films on SrTiO3 is 38% larger than films on Si; in contrast, (001)-oriented PbZrO3 films on SrTiO3 show slightly smaller W compared to films on Si. We conclude that the different responses of W to stress are related to the different constrain states in films with different orientations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]