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Enhanced energy storage properties at phase boundary in Fe‐doped Ba(Zr0.04Ti0.96)O3 ceramics with a slush polar state

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The relationship between phase boundary and energy storage properties in x mol% Fe-doped Ba(Zr0.04Ti0.96)O3 (BZT4-xFe) ceramics was studied. The BZT4-xFe (x = 0 ~ 2) ceramics were fabricated via a conventional solid-state reaction method. The average grain size (ξ) is reduced from ~ 1.63 to ~ 1.23 μm with increasing Fe-doping content. X-ray diffraction (XRD) reveals that orthorhombic (O) and tetragonal (T) phases coexist at x = 0 ~ 0.8 and a mixing of O and cubic (C) phases was observed at x = 1 ~ 2. A slush polar state with the coexistence of O and T phases appeared near the O-T transition temperature (TO−T) in BZT4-xFe (x = 0 ~ 0.8) ceramics. A critical behavior can be observed in the BZT4-xFe ceramics. The O-T phase boundary with the slush polar state can increase the energy storage density Wrec in BZT4-xFe ceramics. The energy storage properties of BZT4-0.4Fe ceramics exhibit a good temperature, frequency, and fatigue stability.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities JLU under 1018320174002, by the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jilin under Grant No. 20200201097JC, and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 52032012.

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    Yu Fang, Yucong Zhang, Chen Wu & Wenwei Ge

  2. Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130025, China

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  4. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China

    Hongming Yuan

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Fang, Y., Zhang, Y., Wu, C. et al. Enhanced energy storage properties at phase boundary in Fe‐doped Ba(Zr0.04Ti0.96)O3 ceramics with a slush polar state. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 13972–13984 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05973-9

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