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Oxygen vacancies-related high-temperature dielectric relaxation and pyroelectric energy harvesting in lead-free Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 ceramics

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Ba (Zr0.2Ti0.8) O3 ceramics were prepared by a sol–gel process. Temperature-dependent dielectric permittivity εγ and loss tanδ were investigated with different grain sizes. High-temperature dielectric relaxation behaviors were observed both in dielectric permittivity and loss spectra. Impedance spectroscopic data presented that both grain and grain boundary responses are responsible for the dielectric relaxation, which was closed with the migrations of oxygen vacancies. The effects of grain size on ferroelectric properties were further investigated. The sample sintered at 1450 °C exhibited excellent ferroelectric properties with a maximum saturated polarization of 8.7 µC/cm2 at the electric field of 40 kV/cm. Pyroelectric energy harvesting performance was investigated for the first time by using Olsen cycle for Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 ceramic. The result shows that the sample sintered at 1450 °C obtained a maximum pyroelectric energy harvesting density of 110 kJ/m3 near room temperature, indicating that the ceramic was a promising candidate for the application of pyroelectric energy harvesting.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11574057 and 12172093) and the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2021A1515012607).

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Ge, PZ., Zhang, TF., Tang, ZX. et al. Oxygen vacancies-related high-temperature dielectric relaxation and pyroelectric energy harvesting in lead-free Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 3024–3033 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07502-0

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