Zhankui Wang , Shangci Huang , Kuncheng Liu , Zhicheng Zhao , Yihang Fan , Jiapeng Chen , Yunlong Yao , Minghua Pang , Lijie Ma , Jianxiu Su
{"title":"Effect mechanism of diamond content on tribo-chemical processing of sapphire wafers using developed clusters of diamond and ceria chemically agglomerated abrasive cluster","authors":"Zhankui Wang , Shangci Huang , Kuncheng Liu , Zhicheng Zhao , Yihang Fan , Jiapeng Chen , Yunlong Yao , Minghua Pang , Lijie Ma , Jianxiu Su","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To enhance the material removal rate (MRR) and surface quality of sapphire wafers during lapping, this study proposes a new method for preparing chemically agglomerated abrasive clusters (CAAC). Using this method, five distinct CAAC abrasives, each with a different diamond content, were prepared for lapping experiments on sapphire wafers. MRR and surface roughness Ra were used as evaluation indicators to elucidate the removal behavior of CAAC abrasive particles during the lapping of sapphire wafers. The study analyzed changes in the friction curve, the elemental composition of the sapphire surface before and after lapping, and the microscopic morphology of the CAAC abrasives. The results indicate that #4 CAAC demonstrates the highest MRR and favorable surface quality among the tested variants. Specifically, #4 CAAC achieved the highest removal rate of 380.267 nm/min and the lowest surface roughness of 33.978 nm, outperforming #1, #2, #3, and #5 CAAC. Compared to W50 single crystalline diamond (W50 SCD) of equivalent grain size, the MRR increased by a factor of 3.1. Furthermore, within a certain range, the machining performance of CAAC improves with an increase in diamond content; however, both excessively high and low diamond contents negatively impact overall performance. When the diamond content in CAAC reaches 42 %, machinability is optimized. This method enhances the processing efficiency of sapphire wafers, improves surface quality, and offers innovative approaches for efficient and cost-effective sapphire wafer processing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 24707-24721"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144519271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingya Wang, Fei Huang, Qing Liu, Mengjia Qin, Ruotong Zhu, Bo Yang, Weiwei Zhang, Qiangchun Liu, Min Zhang
{"title":"Effect of Zn substitution on the structural, magnetic and microwave absorption properties for Z-type Sr3Mg2-xZnxFe24O41 hexaferrites","authors":"Jingya Wang, Fei Huang, Qing Liu, Mengjia Qin, Ruotong Zhu, Bo Yang, Weiwei Zhang, Qiangchun Liu, Min Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.131","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A series of polycrystalline Zn-substituted Sr<sub>3</sub>Mg<sub>2-<em>x</em></sub>Zn<sub><em>x</em></sub>Fe<sub>24</sub>O<sub>41</sub> (<em>x</em> = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) Z-type hexaferrites were fabricated using the sol-gel method. The crystal phase, microstructure, magnetic properties, and microwave absorption performances of the obtained materials were investigated. The magnetic and microwave absorption performance can be effectively modulated by adjusting the amount of Zn doping. The maximum saturation magnetization is 53.6 emu/g for sample <em>x</em> = 1.0, while coercivity gradually decreases with an increase in the Zn-doping concentration from <em>x</em> = 0.0 to 2.0. When the Zn concentration is <em>x</em> = 1.0, the minimum reflection loss reaches −74.1 dB at 7.84 GHz with an absorber thickness of 4.36 mm, and its effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) below −10 dB spans 5.6 GHz (4.24–9.84 GHz). Further increasing the Zn-doping concentration to <em>x</em> = 1.5, the EAB widens to 6.72 GHz (3.68–10.4 GHz) at a thickness of 3.9 mm, covering the entire C band and part of the X band. The excellent microwave absorption properties of Zn-doped Sr<sub>3</sub>Mg<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>24</sub>O<sub>41</sub> (Mg<sub>2</sub>Z) hexaferrites are attributed to the effective complementarity between impedance matching and attenuation characteristics, resulting from the multiple reflection and scattering, interfacial polarization, dipole polarization, natural resonance, exchange resonance, and eddy current loss. These findings suggest that Zn-doped Mg<sub>2</sub>Z hexaferrites can be a desirable candidate for developing high-performance microwave absorbers with strong absorption and wide bandwidth requirements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 24481-24492"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniil Lewin, Sofia Shamsulbahrin, Vladimir V. Shvartsman, Doru C. Lupascu
{"title":"Stoichiometry of CoFe2O4 as a key to phase control and improved functional properties of multiferroic BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 bulk composites","authors":"Daniil Lewin, Sofia Shamsulbahrin, Vladimir V. Shvartsman, Doru C. Lupascu","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.142","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.142","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Composite multiferroics have been widely studied as materials with large magnetoelectric effect at room temperature. They have also been envisaged as materials exhibiting multicaloric effects. Although the best magnetoelectric coupling has been achieved in multiferroic bilayer thin films with 2-2-connectivity, multicaloric applications require bulk ceramic composites with large thermal mass, high density, and low resistivity. Unfortunately, high temperature sintering of multiferroic ceramics often results in the formation of secondary phases and undesirable chemical modifications of the constituents, which are detrimental to the functional properties. Thus, for the “canonical” multiferroic composites of ferroelectric BaTiO<sub>3</sub> and ferrimagnetic CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, the formation of a secondary phase of barium hexaferrite, BaFe<sub>12</sub>O<sub>19</sub>, has been frequently observed, but not always explicitly reported. In this article, we present a method to suppress the formation of this phase both by sintering in nitrogen and by changing the stoichiometry of cobalt ferrite to incorporate more cobalt. The latter restricts the diffusion of the iron cations into barium titanate during sintering which is the main driving force for the formation of BaFe<sub>12</sub>O<sub>19</sub>. Moreover, composites with non-stoichiometric Co<sub>1.05</sub>Fe<sub>1.95</sub>O<sub>4</sub> show a three-fold improvement in magnetoelectric coefficient in comparison to composites with stoichiometric cobalt ferrite.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 24596-24604"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xu Ran Hu , Shao Hui Xu , Guang Tao Fei , Biao Wang , Shi Jia Li , Yi Song Liao
{"title":"Cotton-like self-supporting hollow SiO2 nanoparticle-based antireflection coatings: Design, fabrication, and optimized optical-mechanical properties","authors":"Xu Ran Hu , Shao Hui Xu , Guang Tao Fei , Biao Wang , Shi Jia Li , Yi Song Liao","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.220","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.220","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Developing high-performance antireflection (AR) coatings for photovoltaic (PV) glass is a significant requirement in the field of PV. In this paper, a cotton-like hollow SiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticle AR coating with self-supporting structure inside was prepared through the sol-gel method combined with chemical etching technique, using porous ZnS nanoparticles synthesized via the hydrothermal method as templates. An acid-base composite self-supporting hollow SiO<sub>2</sub> AR coating was subsequently prepared by adding acidic SiO<sub>2</sub> sol as adhesive. Theoretical analysis was conducted on the optimal proportion of hollow SiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles in the composite AR coating to guide subsequent experimental design. The obtained composite coating exhibited a high perk transmittance of 97.19 % at 503 nm and an average transmittance of 95.45 % in the range of 380–800 nm, which is 5.40 % higher than that of bare glass. The pencil hardness of the composite AR coating reached 6H, and the transmittance remained almost unchanged after being left for 90 days, demonstrating excellent mechanical properties and weather resistance. This work provides theoretical guidance and technical support for designing and preparing AR coating with high transmittance and mechanical stability, which is of great importance for high-performance PV antireflective coating.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 25361-25370"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hengji Zhao , Jiayi Wang , Jinlong Xue , Bingzhu Wang , Yize Wu , Xianqi Cao
{"title":"In situ synthesised aluminium borate hollow whiskers reinforced aluminium phosphate wave-transparent ceramics","authors":"Hengji Zhao , Jiayi Wang , Jinlong Xue , Bingzhu Wang , Yize Wu , Xianqi Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As one of the wave-transparent ceramic materials, aluminium phosphate ceramics has excellent electrical and thermal properties. However, its application in aerospace is often limited due to insufficient mechanical performance. Al<sub>5</sub>BO<sub>9</sub> hollow whiskers are introduced into AlPO<sub>4</sub> ceramics via in situ synthesis. The mechanical of the material was significantly enhanced by introducing in situ hollow whiskers and optimising whisker distribution. This work explains the formation mechanism of whisker hollow structures using Frank's capillary equilibrium theory. Subsequently, the mass transfer process of boron oxide is discussed through the periodic bond chain theory, leading to the in situ synthesis of hollow whisker clusters with wall thickness and tube diameter of approximately 700 nm from an AlPO<sub>4</sub> matrix. The enhanced composite exhibited excellent mechanical performance, with a flexural strength of 347 MPa, representing a 61.17 % improvement in mechanical strength compared with AlPO<sub>4</sub> ceramics enhanced by external Al<sub>5</sub>BO<sub>9</sub> whiskers, while maintaining the intrinsic dielectric properties of aluminium phosphate. In conclusion, this study proposes a high-strength and wave-transparent Al<sub>5</sub>BO<sub>9</sub>/AlPO<sub>4</sub> composite material.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 24804-24812"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fast synthesis of Mg2SiO4 via arc plasma melting method for forsterite ceramics production","authors":"V. Shekhovtsov , Sh Sharafeev , A. Mezhenin","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A fast method of arc plasma synthesis was employed to obtain forsterite (Mg<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub>) and forsterite ceramics from natural minerals and pure oxides. The arc plasma synthesis process was directly investigated using temperature measurements (spectral pyrometry) and high-speed video recording. Comprehensive characterization of the synthesized forsterite was performed through phase analysis (XRD, FTIR), morphological studies (SEM), mechanical strength testing, and hydrostatic weighing. The influence of sintering temperatures on the bending strength, porosity, and density of the forsterite ceramics was examined. It was established that during the arc plasma synthesis of Mg<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub>, a surface temperature of 2842 ± 16 K was achieved in the molten materials. The synthesis was completed within approximately 25–30 s. The arc plasma-synthesized forsterite was subsequently ball-milled to produce a fine Mg<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub> powder, which was then sintered using conventional ceramics technology. The resulting forsterite ceramics exhibited a sintering temperature of 1550 °C, a relative density of 85–90 % and a bending strength of 45 MPa. The properties of forsterite ceramics derived from arc plasma-synthesized forsterite were found to be comparable to those of materials produced via conventional solid-state synthesis. However, the arc plasma synthesis method significantly reduced the time required for forsterite synthesis, highlighting its potential as an efficient alternative for ceramic material production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 24813-24822"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xu Zhang , Shuting Li , Jiyang Zhang , Jihong Liu , Chaoyang Huang , Jiapeng Zhu , Guixiao Jia , Shengli An
{"title":"Mechanism study of highly ionic conductivity for F-doped CaO-Gd2O3-CeO2 solid electrolyte","authors":"Xu Zhang , Shuting Li , Jiyang Zhang , Jihong Liu , Chaoyang Huang , Jiapeng Zhu , Guixiao Jia , Shengli An","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>CeO<sub>2</sub> is a promising electrolyte for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs). Studies have found that F-doping improves its ionic conductivity, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Therefore, this study employs a DFT + U method to calculate geometrical and electronic structures and oxygen ion migrations of Gd-, Ca- and F-dopings co-doped CeO<sub>2</sub>. The calculated results are verified by our experiment. DFT calculations find that oxygen vacancies (V) are easily formed at next-neighboring sites near the F<sup>−</sup> ions, different with the case of Gd- and Ca-doped CeO<sub>2</sub>. Gd-, Ca- and F-dopings strengthen Ce-O bonds, inconstant with the result from the reported experimental hypothesis for the F-doping. The F-doping restrains the change of Ce<sup>4+</sup> to Ce<sup>3+</sup>. Migration energy barriers <em>E</em><sub>m</sub> of oxygen ions are mainly affected by the migration distances and peripherally done by the oxygen vacancy cavity size and the defect association. Due to the lager oxygen vacancy cavity size and the smaller defect association in CGOF and CGOCF, the F-dopings have the smaller <em>E</em><sub>m</sub>. This is contrary to the speculation of the reported experimental study based on the electronegative comparison of F and O. Our experiment finds that Ca and F co-doping significantly increases the conductivity, 3.9 times of the conductivity of Gd-doped CeO<sub>2</sub>. The study clarifies the nature mechanism of the ionic conductivity in doped CeO<sub>2</sub>, offering atomic-level insights to aid the development of high-performance CeO<sub>2</sub>-based electrolytes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 25231-25238"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144519022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring dual optical responses of Polyaniline-Fe2O3 nanocomposites for advanced optoelectronic and supercapacitor applications","authors":"Mahmoud Al-Gharram , Tariq AlZoubi","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.173","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.173","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work investigates the synthesis of nanocomposites and explores their possibility for diverse applications in electromagnetic interference shielding, sensor development, energy storage devices, and dye adsorption. We implemented an optimized electrochemical polymerization method to incorporate controlled concentrations (1, 3, 6, and 12 wt%) of Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> NPs into the polyaniline (PANI) matrix to investigate the influence of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> NPs) on PANI composite properties. To understand structure-property relationships, a comprehensive characterization of synthesized hybrid nanocomposites was undertaken. This analysis focused on their structural properties, dielectric behavior, and linear and nonlinear optical responses. The Williamson-Hall method (W-H) was employed to determine crystallite size and account for the contribution of lattice strain within the material. Williamson-Hall analysis revealed an average crystallite size ranging from 91 to 128 nm. Interestingly, the initial incorporation of low concentrations of Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> NPs into the PANI matrix led to a decrease in crystallite size. This suggests an interaction between the PANI chains and the nanoparticles that hinders their crystal organization. However, this trend reversed with the addition of higher Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> NP concentrations, resulting in an increase in crystallite size likely due to nanoparticle aggregation. Incorporating Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> NPs led to more intense absorption bands and increased absorption coefficients in the nanocomposites compared to the pristine PANI film. This observation suggests enhanced light absorption efficiency within nanocomposite materials. Conversely, the dielectric constant (<em>ε</em><sub><em>r</em></sub> and <em>ε</em><sub><em>i</em></sub>), which represent a material's ability to store electrical energy, exhibited lower values in the PANI-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> composites than pure PANI. PANI exhibited a high specific capacitance (<em>C</em><sub><em>sp</em></sub>) of 477 F g<sup>−1</sup>, indicating its potential for efficient supercapacitor applications. This study demonstrates that Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> NPs effectively manipulate the nonlinear optical properties of polyaniline. The observed trends, including the decrease in crystallite size and its influence on optical parameters, underscore the unique properties of the PANI-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanocomposite system. These findings position these materials as strong contenders for uses in optoelectronics and energy storage devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 24916-24934"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144519051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of deposition temperature on microstructure and electrical resistivity of intrinsic CVD-SiC","authors":"Jiabao Liu , Zhaofeng Chen , Pan Chai , Qiang Wan","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>CVD bulk SiC is widely used in plasma etching equipment chamber components, such as focus rings. Moreover, the resistivity requirements of the CVD SiC focus ring are different under different etching processes, with a difference of 7-8 orders of magnitude. In this study, Bulk SiC with different microstructures was prepared at deposition temperatures of 1250 °C, 1350 °C and 1450 °C. As the deposition temperature increases, the resistivity decreases from 4.3 × 10<sup>3</sup> Ω cm to 1.8 × 10<sup>3</sup> Ω cm, and then significantly decreases to 3.1 Ω cm. It was found that the carrier concentration gradually increased with the deposition concentration, which was caused by the combined effect of background doping and thermal excitation; while the mobility showed a significant decrease at first and then a slight increase. The first significant decrease in migration is due to the increase in grain boundary barrier and enhanced carrier scattering, and the subsequent slight increase is caused by the significant decrease in grain size.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 24935-24944"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144519052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yiwen Niu, Fan Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Meiyue Li, Jihang Liu, Zhan Jie Wang
{"title":"Improving energy storage performance of (Bi0.5Na0.5)0.94Ba0.06TiO3-based high-entropy ceramics by A/B-site Co-regulation","authors":"Yiwen Niu, Fan Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Meiyue Li, Jihang Liu, Zhan Jie Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.199","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.199","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to the novel high-entropy effects, entropy engineering strategies have been widely implemented in perovskite dielectric ceramics to improve their comprehensive energy storage performance. In this study, by designing (Bi<sub>0.5</sub>Na<sub>0.5</sub>)<sub>0.94</sub>Ba<sub>0.06</sub>)<sub>0.75</sub>(Ca<sub>0.5</sub>Sr<sub>0.5</sub>)<sub>0.25</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub> matrix and co-doping of Nd<sup>3+</sup> at A-site and (Zr<sub>1/3</sub>Hf<sub>1/3</sub>Sn<sub>1/3</sub>)<sup>4+</sup> at B-site, novel (Bi<sub>0.5</sub>Na<sub>0.5</sub>)<sub>0.94</sub>Ba<sub>0.06</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub>-based high-entropy ceramics (HECs) are developed to optimize energy storage performance. The results reveal that the configuration entropy can be improved by co-regulation of A/B-site compositions, and the increased entropy can promote the suppression of grain size, the enhancement of dielectric relaxation and impedance, and the widening of band gap, giving rise to small remanent polarization and great breakdown strength (<em>E</em><sub>b</sub>). Eventually, the composition with the maximum entropy of 1.92R exhibits superior recoverable energy storage density (<em>W</em><sub>rec</sub> ∼ 6.84 J/cm<sup>3</sup>) and high efficiency (<em>η</em> ∼ 82.9 %) at a large <em>E</em><sub>b</sub> ∼ 597 kV/cm, as well as good temperature stability, frequency stability and charge-discharge characteristics. These findings imply that designing high-entropy systems through A/B-site co-regulation is an effective approach for developing high-performance energy storage devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 18","pages":"Pages 25182-25191"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144519115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}