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Research Article | Open Access

Designing silver niobate-based relaxor antiferroelectrics for ultrahigh energy storage performance

Zhengdong Hu1,2Zhen Liu1( )Bing Han1Haonan Peng1,2Kai Dai3Zequan Xu1Zhengqian Fu4Zhigao Hu3Genshui Wang1,2,4( )
Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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AgNbO3 (AN) and modified AgNbO3 have been extensively investigated as promising lead-free antiferroelectric (AFE) energy storage materials. Previous studies have focused mainly on the use of an ion dopant at the A/B site to obtain a stabilized AFE phase; however, simultaneous improvements in the recoverable energy storage density (Wrec) and efficiency (η) are still difficult to realize. Herein, we innovatively constructed a AgNbO3–NaNbO3–(Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3 (AN–NN–SBT) ternary solid solution to achieve a relaxor AFE in AgNbO3-based materials. The coexistence of antiferroelectric (M3) and paraelectric (O) phases in 0.8(0.7AgNbO3–0.3NaNbO3)–0.2(Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3 confirms the successful realization of a relaxor AFE, attributed to multiple ion occupation at the A/B sites. Consequently, a high Wrec of 7.53 J·cm−3 and η of 74.0% are acquired, together with superior stability against various temperatures, frequencies, and cycling numbers. Furthermore, a high power density (298.7 MW·cm−3) and fast discharge speed (41.4 ns) are also demonstrated for the AgNbO3-based relaxor AFE. This work presents a promising energy storage AgNbO3-based ternary solid solution and proposes a novel strategy for AgNbO3-based energy storage via the design of relaxor AFE materials.

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Hu Z, Liu Z, Han B, et al. Designing silver niobate-based relaxor antiferroelectrics for ultrahigh energy storage performance. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2024, 13(8): 1282-1290. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2024.9220937

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Received: 09 April 2024
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Accepted: 01 July 2024
Published: 30 August 2024
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