The exploration of eco-friendly dielectric ceramics for electric energy storage has drawn increasing interest due to their wide applications in high/pulsed power electronic systems.However,achieving ultrahigh recovera...The exploration of eco-friendly dielectric ceramics for electric energy storage has drawn increasing interest due to their wide applications in high/pulsed power electronic systems.However,achieving ultrahigh recoverable energy storage density(Wrec≥8 J/cm3)with ultrahigh efficiency(η≥90%)is still a huge challenge for them,restricting the development of ceramic-based energy storage capacitors.Here,comprehensive outstanding energy storage performance is realized in lead-free Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3(BNT)-based ceramics due to collaborative optimization of complex ion doping and viscous polymer process(VPP).Highly dynamic polar nanoregions(PNRs)with the coexistence of rhombohedral(R)+tetragonal(T)phases are formed by Nd3+/Hf4+/Mg2+co-doping at both A and B sites of(Bi0.05Na0.05)0.94Ba0.06TiO3.This,together with the construction of a core-shell structure,ensures a large polarization difference under moderate external electric fields.Furthermore,the optimum composition prepared by VPP exhibits a significant enhancement in dielectric breakdown strength due to its dense microstructure with ultrafine grains and low-concentration defects(e.g.,oxygen vacancies).As a result,excellent energy storage performance with ultrahigh Wrec≈9.38 J/cm3andη≈94.4%is realized in highly dense polymorphic relaxor ceramics under a large electric field of 480 kV/cm.This work provides a two-step cooperative optimization strategy to design advanced ceramic-based dielectric capacitors with great potential for practical energy storage applications.展开更多
Lead-free dielectric relaxor ferroelectric(RFE)ceramics are one of the promising materials for dielectric energy storage applications.However,the contradiction between high polarization and low hysteresis leads to int...Lead-free dielectric relaxor ferroelectric(RFE)ceramics are one of the promising materials for dielectric energy storage applications.However,the contradiction between high polarization and low hysteresis leads to interior energy storage performance,which greatly limits their applications in high/pulsed power systems.Here,we propose an effective strategy to significantly improve the energy storage properties of 0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.06BaTiO3(0.94BNT-0.06BT)with a morphotropic phase boundary(MPB)composition by constructing multiscale polymorphic domains and local heterogeneous structures.The introduction of Nd(Mg1/2Hf1/2)O3(NMH)facilitates the formation of short-range ordered polar nanoregions(PNRs).Moreover,small amounts of nanodomains with high polarization are resulted from local heterogeneous structures with Bi-and Ti-rich regions.Multiscale polymorphic domains with the coexistence of rhombohedraletragonal(R+T)nanodomains and PNRs ensure both high polarization and low hysteresis,which is crucial for improving the energy storage performance.Furthermore,the excellent electrical insulation is resulted from the high insulation resistivity,grain size at the submicron scale and a wide band gap by NMH doping.Therefore,a high recoverable energy density(Wrec)of 7.82 J/cm3 with an ultrahigh efficiency(η)of 93.1%is realized in the designed BNT-BT-NMH ternary system because of both a largeΔP and high Eb.These findings,together with good temperature/frequency/cycling stability,indicate that the optimum composition ceramics are very promising materials for energy storage applications in high/pulsed power systems.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFB3201100)National Natural Science Foundation of China(12264012,52172128)+1 种基金111 Project 2.0(BP2018008)Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi(2025JC-YBMS-432)。
摘要The exploration of eco-friendly dielectric ceramics for electric energy storage has drawn increasing interest due to their wide applications in high/pulsed power electronic systems.However,achieving ultrahigh recoverable energy storage density(Wrec≥8 J/cm3)with ultrahigh efficiency(η≥90%)is still a huge challenge for them,restricting the development of ceramic-based energy storage capacitors.Here,comprehensive outstanding energy storage performance is realized in lead-free Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3(BNT)-based ceramics due to collaborative optimization of complex ion doping and viscous polymer process(VPP).Highly dynamic polar nanoregions(PNRs)with the coexistence of rhombohedral(R)+tetragonal(T)phases are formed by Nd3+/Hf4+/Mg2+co-doping at both A and B sites of(Bi0.05Na0.05)0.94Ba0.06TiO3.This,together with the construction of a core-shell structure,ensures a large polarization difference under moderate external electric fields.Furthermore,the optimum composition prepared by VPP exhibits a significant enhancement in dielectric breakdown strength due to its dense microstructure with ultrafine grains and low-concentration defects(e.g.,oxygen vacancies).As a result,excellent energy storage performance with ultrahigh Wrec≈9.38 J/cm3andη≈94.4%is realized in highly dense polymorphic relaxor ceramics under a large electric field of 480 kV/cm.This work provides a two-step cooperative optimization strategy to design advanced ceramic-based dielectric capacitors with great potential for practical energy storage applications.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFB3201100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51931004,12264012,52172128 and 52472250)+2 种基金111 Project 2.0(No.BP2018008)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi(Nos.AB24010230,AA22068080,and AA23023027)the Science and Technology Plan of Guilin(Nos.2022H03 and ZY20220101).
摘要Lead-free dielectric relaxor ferroelectric(RFE)ceramics are one of the promising materials for dielectric energy storage applications.However,the contradiction between high polarization and low hysteresis leads to interior energy storage performance,which greatly limits their applications in high/pulsed power systems.Here,we propose an effective strategy to significantly improve the energy storage properties of 0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.06BaTiO3(0.94BNT-0.06BT)with a morphotropic phase boundary(MPB)composition by constructing multiscale polymorphic domains and local heterogeneous structures.The introduction of Nd(Mg1/2Hf1/2)O3(NMH)facilitates the formation of short-range ordered polar nanoregions(PNRs).Moreover,small amounts of nanodomains with high polarization are resulted from local heterogeneous structures with Bi-and Ti-rich regions.Multiscale polymorphic domains with the coexistence of rhombohedraletragonal(R+T)nanodomains and PNRs ensure both high polarization and low hysteresis,which is crucial for improving the energy storage performance.Furthermore,the excellent electrical insulation is resulted from the high insulation resistivity,grain size at the submicron scale and a wide band gap by NMH doping.Therefore,a high recoverable energy density(Wrec)of 7.82 J/cm3 with an ultrahigh efficiency(η)of 93.1%is realized in the designed BNT-BT-NMH ternary system because of both a largeΔP and high Eb.These findings,together with good temperature/frequency/cycling stability,indicate that the optimum composition ceramics are very promising materials for energy storage applications in high/pulsed power systems.