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Abstract
As an important energy storage device, dielectric capacitor plays an irreplaceable role in modern electronic and power systems because of its characteristics of fast charging, high output, long life and high temperature stability. Among various dielectric materials, Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-based energy storage ceramics with high saturation polarization are limited due to high conductivity and high residual polarization. In this paper, Bi(0.5-x)Na0.5LaxTiO3 (denoted as BNLxT) ceramic was prepared by solid state reaction method. By introducing La3+ at A position, the Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-based lead-free ceramic was modified to improve its relaxation characteristics and breakdown strength, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing energy storage density and energy storage efficiency. The introduction of La3+ at A position creates a wide temperature platform between dielectric anomalies, indicating that La3+ can effectively induce the relaxation characteristics of BNT ceramics. The breakdown strength is increased from 136 kV/cm of pure BNT ceramics to 198 kV/cm of Bi0.455Na0.5La0.045TiO3 ceramics, which is 1.46 times higher than before. The residual polarization decreased from 49.24 μC/cm2 to 35.29 μC/cm2, and the effective energy storage density increased from 0.80J/cm3 to 2.07J/cm3, an increase of 2.58 times than before. In addition, the energy storage efficiency achieved a transformation of 10.39 %–26.87 %, which is 2.59 times higher than pure BNT. The results show that La3+ can effectively induce the relaxation characteristics of BNT ceramics, improve the effective energy storage density and energy storage efficiency, and is a good dopant to optimize the energy storage performance of BNT-based ceramics, providing feasibility for optimizing the energy storage performance of BNT-based ceramics.
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Current Applied Physics (Curr. Appl. Phys.) is a monthly published international journal covering all the fields of applied science investigating the physics of the advanced materials for future applications.
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