Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 091(2024)

Moderate Fields, Maximum Potential: Achieving High Records with Temperature-Stable Energy Storage in Lead-Free BNT-Based Ceramics

Wenjing Shi1, Leiyang Zhang1, Ruiyi Jing1, Yunyao Huang1, Fukang Chen2, Vladimir Shur3, Xiaoyong Wei1, Gang Liu2、*, Hongliang Du4、**, and Li Jin1、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, People’s Republic of China
  • 2School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
  • 3School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg 620000, Russia
  • 4Multifunctional Electronic Ceramics Laboratory, College of Engineering, Xi’an International University, Xi’an 710077, People’s Republic of China
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    The increasing awareness of environmental concerns has prompted a surge in the exploration of lead-free, high-power ceramic capacitors. Ongoing efforts to develop lead-free dielectric ceramics with exceptional energy-storage performance (ESP) have predominantly relied on multi-component composite strategies, often accomplished under ultrahigh electric fields. However, this approach poses challenges in insulation and system downsizing due to the necessary working voltage under such conditions. Despite extensive study, bulk ceramics of (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 (BNT), a prominent lead-free dielectric ceramic family, have seldom achieved a recoverable energy-storage (ES) density (Wrec) exceeding 7 J cm-3. This study introduces a novel approach to attain ceramic capacitors with high ESP under moderate electric fields by regulating permittivity based on a linear dielectric model, enhancing insulation quality, and engineering domain structures through chemical formula optimization. The incorporation of SrTiO3 (ST) into the BNT matrix is revealed to reduce the dielectric constant, while the addition of Bi(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3 (BMN) aids in maintaining polarization. Additionally, the study elucidates the methodology to achieve high ESP at moderate electric fields ranging from 300 to 500 kV cm-1. In our optimized composition, 0.5(Bi0.5Na0.4K0.1)TiO3–0.5(2/3ST-1/3BMN) (B-0.5SB) ceramics, we achieved a Wrec of 7.19 J cm-3 with an efficiency of 93.8% at 460 kV cm-1. Impressively, the B-0.5SB ceramics exhibit remarkable thermal stability between 30 and 140 °C under 365 kV cm-1, maintaining a Wrec exceeding 5 J cm-3. This study not only establishes the B-0.5SB ceramics as promising candidates for ES materials but also demonstrates the feasibility of optimizing ESP by modifying the dielectric constant under specific electric field conditions. Simultaneously, it provides valuable insights for the future design of ceramic capacitors with high ESP under constraints of limited electric field.

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    Wenjing Shi, Leiyang Zhang, Ruiyi Jing, Yunyao Huang, Fukang Chen, Vladimir Shur, Xiaoyong Wei, Gang Liu, Hongliang Du, Li Jin. Moderate Fields, Maximum Potential: Achieving High Records with Temperature-Stable Energy Storage in Lead-Free BNT-Based Ceramics[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 091

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 30, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 16, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Liu Gang (liugang13@swu.edu.cn), Du Hongliang (duhongliang@126.com), Jin Li (ljin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01290-4

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