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For efficient solid-state refrigeration technologies based on electrocaloric effect (ECE), it is a great challenge of simultaneously obtaining a large adiabatic temperature change (ΔT) within a wide temperature span (Tspan) in lead-free ferroelectric ceramics. Here, we studied the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in (1-x)(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-xCaTiO3 ((1-x)NBT-xCT) and explored the combining effect of morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) and relaxor feature. The addition of CT not only constructs a MPB region with the coexistence of rhombohedral and orthorhombic phases, but also enhances the relaxor feature. The ECE peak appears around the freezing temperature (Tf), and shifts toward to lower temperature with the increasing CT amount. The directly measured ECE result shows that the ceramic of x = 0.10, which is in the MPB region, has an optimal ECE property of ΔTmax = 1.28 K @ 60 ℃ under 60 kV/cm with a wide Tspan of 65 ℃. The enhanced ECE originates from the electric-field-induced transition between more types of polar nanoregions and long-range ferroelectric macrodomains. For the composition with more relaxor feature in the MPB region, such as x = 0.12, the ECE is relatively weak under low electric fields but it exhibits a sharp increment under a sufficiently high electric field. This work provides a guideline to develop the solid–state cooling devices for electronic components.
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