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BS0.5BNT-based relaxor ferroelectric ceramic/glass–ceramic composites for energy storage

Show Author's Information Xuhai Shi†,  Kai Li†,  Zong-Yang Shen( ),  Junqi Liu,  Chaoqun Chen,  Xiaojun Zeng,  Bo Zhang,  Fusheng Song,  Wenqin Luo,  Zhumei Wang,  Yueming Li
China National Light Industry Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials, Energy Storage and Conversion Ceramic Materials Engineering Laboratory of Jiangxi Province, Advanced Ceramic Materials Research Institute, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen 333403, China

† Xuhai Shi and Kai Li contributed equally to this work.

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energy storage ceramics, Ba0.3Sr0.7TiO3 (BST), Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 (BNT), relaxor ferroelectrics, glass–ceramics
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Shi X, Li K, Shen Z-Y, et al. BS0.5BNT-based relaxor ferroelectric ceramic/glass–ceramic composites for energy storage. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023, 12(4): 695-710. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220713
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Relaxor ferroelectric ceramics have very high dielectric constant (εr) but relatively low electrical breakdown strength (Eb), while glass–ceramics exhibit higher Eb due to the more uniformly dispersed amorphous phases and submicrocrystals/nanocrystals inside. How to effectively combine the advantages of both relaxor ferroelectric ceramics and glass–ceramics is of great significance for the development of new dielectric materials with high energy storage performance. In this work, we firstly prepared BaO–SrO–Bi2O3–Na2O–TiO2–Al2O3–SiO2 (abbreviated as GS) glass powders, and then fabricated (Ba0.3Sr0.7)0.5(Bi0.5Na0.5)0.5TiO3 + x wt% GS ceramic composites (abbreviated as BS0.5BNT–xGS, x = 0, 2, 6, 10, 14, 16, and 18). Submicrocrystals/nanocrystals with a similar composition to BS0.5BNT were crystalized from the glass, ensuring the formation of uniform core–shell structure in BS0.5BNT–xGS relaxor ferroelectric ceramic/glass–ceramic composites. When the addition amount of GS was 14 wt%, the composite possessed both high εr (> 3200 at 1 kHz) and high Eb (≈ 170 kV/cm) at room temperature, and their recoverable energy storage density and efficiency were Wrec = 2.1 J/cm3 and η = 65.2%, respectively. The BS0.5BNT–14GS composite also had several attractive properties such as good temperature, frequency, cycle stability, and fast charge–discharge speed. This work provides insights into the relaxor ceramic/glass–ceramic composites for pulsed power capacitors and sheds light on the utilization of the hybrid systems.


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BS0.5BNT-based relaxor ferroelectric ceramic/glass–ceramic composites for energy storage

Show Author's information Xuhai Shi†, Kai Li†, Zong-Yang Shen( ), Junqi Liu, Chaoqun Chen, Xiaojun Zeng, Bo Zhang, Fusheng Song, Wenqin Luo, Zhumei Wang, Yueming Li
China National Light Industry Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials, Energy Storage and Conversion Ceramic Materials Engineering Laboratory of Jiangxi Province, Advanced Ceramic Materials Research Institute, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen 333403, China

† Xuhai Shi and Kai Li contributed equally to this work.

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Relaxor ferroelectric ceramics have very high dielectric constant (εr) but relatively low electrical breakdown strength (Eb), while glass–ceramics exhibit higher Eb due to the more uniformly dispersed amorphous phases and submicrocrystals/nanocrystals inside. How to effectively combine the advantages of both relaxor ferroelectric ceramics and glass–ceramics is of great significance for the development of new dielectric materials with high energy storage performance. In this work, we firstly prepared BaO–SrO–Bi2O3–Na2O–TiO2–Al2O3–SiO2 (abbreviated as GS) glass powders, and then fabricated (Ba0.3Sr0.7)0.5(Bi0.5Na0.5)0.5TiO3 + x wt% GS ceramic composites (abbreviated as BS0.5BNT–xGS, x = 0, 2, 6, 10, 14, 16, and 18). Submicrocrystals/nanocrystals with a similar composition to BS0.5BNT were crystalized from the glass, ensuring the formation of uniform core–shell structure in BS0.5BNT–xGS relaxor ferroelectric ceramic/glass–ceramic composites. When the addition amount of GS was 14 wt%, the composite possessed both high εr (> 3200 at 1 kHz) and high Eb (≈ 170 kV/cm) at room temperature, and their recoverable energy storage density and efficiency were Wrec = 2.1 J/cm3 and η = 65.2%, respectively. The BS0.5BNT–14GS composite also had several attractive properties such as good temperature, frequency, cycle stability, and fast charge–discharge speed. This work provides insights into the relaxor ceramic/glass–ceramic composites for pulsed power capacitors and sheds light on the utilization of the hybrid systems.

Keywords: energy storage ceramics, Ba0.3Sr0.7TiO3 (BST), Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 (BNT), relaxor ferroelectrics, glass–ceramics

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Received: 16 November 2022
Revised: 11 December 2022
Accepted: 28 December 2022
Published: 24 March 2023
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52267002), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20212ACB204010), Science & Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department (GJJ211301), and the Graduate Innovation Fund of Jiangxi Province (YC2021-S527).

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