journal article·2025-08Open access

Superior Electrostatic Storage Energy Under Moderate Electric Field of Superparaelectrics with Highly Polarizable Clusters

Feiyu Su, Zide Yu, Yi Zhang, Haoyu Wang, Zijia Xu, Ao Tian, Zeyu Sui, Yang Lv, Jian Fu, Xiaoming Shi, He Qi, Tengfei Hu, Zhengqian Fu, Ruzhong Zuo

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 33

Abstract

Abstract Despite the widespread research of relaxor ferroelectrics in pulsed power capacitors, achieving both high recoverable energy density ( W rec ) and efficiency ( η ) under moderate electric field range is still challenged because domain miniaturization required to enhance η generally leads to the delayed polarization saturation and the reduced spontaneous polarization. Here, highly polarizable clusters of superparaelectrics with locally coexisted multiphase are demonstrated by introducing Bi 0.5 Li 0.5 ZrO 3 into the BaTiO 3 matrix. The synergistic introduction of additional A‐site polarization contribution, the miniaturization of domains into polar clusters, and the local multiphase coexistence enable both the high maximal polarization ( P max ) at the moderate electric field and the extremely low polarization hysteresis. As a result, the combined effects of heterogeneous cations with A‐site driven ferroelectricity, A‐site valence state difference, and A‐ and B‐sites ionic radius difference lead to both giant W rec of ≈9.11 J cm −3 and high η of ≈95.3% concurrently under a moderate electric field of 47 kV mm −1 . This work demonstrates that modulating the polarization characteristic of relaxor ferroelectric ceramics can achieve low electric field driven superior energy‐storage performances.
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OpenAlex topics: Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials · Multiferroics and related materials · Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis

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Affiliations

School of Materials Science and Engineering Hefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 China

Center for Advanced Ceramics School of Materials Science and Engineering Anhui Polytechnic University Wuhu 241000 China

School of Mathematics and Physics Institute of Electro Ceramics & Devices University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China

Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Microsystem The 43rd Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation Hefei 230088 China

School of Materials Science and Engineering Hainan University Haikou 570228 China

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China

Anhui Key Laboratory of Low Temperature Co‐fired Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering Huainan Normal University Huainan 232038 China

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province

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