Antiferroelectrics(AFEs)possess great potential for high performance dielectric capacitors,due to their distinct double hysteresis loop with high maximum polarization and low remnant polarization.However,the well-know...Antiferroelectrics(AFEs)possess great potential for high performance dielectric capacitors,due to their distinct double hysteresis loop with high maximum polarization and low remnant polarization.However,the well-known NaNbO3 lead-free antiferroelectric(AFE)ceramic usually exhibits square-like P–E loop related to the irreversible AFE P phase to ferroelectric(FE)Q phase transition,yielding low recoverable energy storage density(Wrec).Herein,significantly improved Wrec up to 3.3 J/cm^(3) with good energy storage efficiency(η)of 42.4% was achieved in Na_(0.7)Ag_(0.3)Nb_(0.7)Ta_(0.3)O_(3)(30Agsingle bond30Ta)ceramic with well-defined double P–E loop,by tailoring the A-site electronegativity with Ag+and B-site polarizability with Ta^(5+).The Transmission Electron Microscope,Piezoresponse Force Microscope and in-situ Raman spectra results verified a good reversibility between AFE P phase and high-field-induced FE Q phase.The improved stability of AFE P phase,being responsible for the double P–E loop and improved Wrec,was attributed to the decreased octahedral tilting angles and cation displacements.This mechanism was revealed by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Scanning Transmission Electron microscope.This work provides a good paradigm for achieving double P–E loop and high energy storage density in NaNbO_(3)-based ceramics.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52072080 and 52388201)Guangxi Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.2022GXNSFFA035034)+2 种基金Y.Z.acknowledges the support of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong(Grant No.C5029-18E)J.L.acknowledges the support of Tsinghua-Foshan Innovation Special Fund(TFISF)under Grant No.2020THFS0113Y.L.acknowledges the support of Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.2021JJ10006).
文摘Antiferroelectrics(AFEs)possess great potential for high performance dielectric capacitors,due to their distinct double hysteresis loop with high maximum polarization and low remnant polarization.However,the well-known NaNbO3 lead-free antiferroelectric(AFE)ceramic usually exhibits square-like P–E loop related to the irreversible AFE P phase to ferroelectric(FE)Q phase transition,yielding low recoverable energy storage density(Wrec).Herein,significantly improved Wrec up to 3.3 J/cm^(3) with good energy storage efficiency(η)of 42.4% was achieved in Na_(0.7)Ag_(0.3)Nb_(0.7)Ta_(0.3)O_(3)(30Agsingle bond30Ta)ceramic with well-defined double P–E loop,by tailoring the A-site electronegativity with Ag+and B-site polarizability with Ta^(5+).The Transmission Electron Microscope,Piezoresponse Force Microscope and in-situ Raman spectra results verified a good reversibility between AFE P phase and high-field-induced FE Q phase.The improved stability of AFE P phase,being responsible for the double P–E loop and improved Wrec,was attributed to the decreased octahedral tilting angles and cation displacements.This mechanism was revealed by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Scanning Transmission Electron microscope.This work provides a good paradigm for achieving double P–E loop and high energy storage density in NaNbO_(3)-based ceramics.
