Electric field tunable thermal stability of energy storage properties of PLZST antiferroelectric ceramics

Zhen Liu, Xianlin Dong, Yun Liu, Fei Cao, Genshui Wang*

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    Abstract

    The electrical hysteresis behaviors and energy storage performance of Pb0.97La0.02(Zr0.58Sn0.335Ti0.085)O3 antiferroelectric (AFE) ceramics were studied under the combined effects of electric field and temperature. It was observed that the temperature dependence of recoverable energy density (Wre) of AFE ceramics depends critically on the applied electric field. While Wre at lower electric fields (<8 kV/mm) shows increasing tendency with increasing temperature from 20°C to 100°C, Wre at higher electric fields (>8 kV/mm) demonstrates decreasing dependence. There exists an appropriate electric field (8 kV/mm) under which the AFE ceramics exhibit nearly temperature-independent Wre (the variation is less than 0.5% per 10°C). The underlying physical principles were also discussed in this study. These results indicate that the temperature dependence of Wre of AFE materials can be tuned through selecting appropriate electric fields and provide an avenue to obtain thermal stable energy storage capacitors, which should be of great interest to modern energy storage community.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2382-2386
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
    Volume100
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2017

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