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Design of high energy-storage properties in eco-friendly AgNbO3-based ceramics via two-step sintering method and tuning phase boundary

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Ceramic samples AgNb0.85Ta0.15O3 (ANTO15) and Ag0.85Bi0.05NbO3 (ABNO5) were obtained by two-step sintering method. Dielectric spectra revealed that the M1–M2 and M2–M3 phase boundaries were adjusted to room temperature for ANTO15 and ABNO5, respectively. The ABNO5 sample exhibits pure perovskite phase structure with small grain size, dense, and uniform microstructure. Most importantly, superior comprehensive energy-storage performances of a large recoverable energy-storage density value ~ 3.53 J/cm3, high energy-storage efficiency ~ 86%, high power density ~ 73.57 MW/cm3, as well as good energy-storage stabilities were obtained in the ABNO5 ceramic. Our results indicate that the combinative utilization of tuning phase boundary and two-step sintering method gives a feasible method to prepare high energy-storage properties AgNbO3-based eco-friendly ceramic capacitors.

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The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51872001), Scientific Research Starting Foundation of Anhui Polytechnic University of China (2021YQQ031), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Polytechnic University (Grant No. Xjky2022029), and the Open Research Fund Program of the Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Informatics of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Fuyang Normal University (Grant No. FDMI202105).

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Cao, W., Li, T., Liang, C. et al. Design of high energy-storage properties in eco-friendly AgNbO3-based ceramics via two-step sintering method and tuning phase boundary. J Mater Sci 57, 21000–21008 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07964-5

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