Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 1046-1058.DOI: 10.15541/jim20170594

Special Issue: 介电储能陶瓷

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Lead-free Nonlinear Dielectric Ceramics for Energy Storage Applications: Current Status and Challenges

DU Hong-Liang1, YANG Ze-Tian1, GAO Feng2, JIN Li3, CHENG Hua-Lei4, QU Shao-Bo1   

  1. 1.Science College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710051, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China;
    3. Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China;
    4. Department of Chemistry, Baoji University of Arts and Science, Baoji 721013, China
  • Received:2017-12-12 Revised:2018-02-06 Published:2018-10-20 Online:2018-09-25
  • Supported by:
    National Science Foundation of China (21501007);Natural Science Basis Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (2017JM5016);The Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in NWPU(SKLSP201709, SKLSP201718)

Abstract:

Compared to polymers and their nanocomposites, dielectric ceramics are considered as promising candidates for the pulsed-power devices because of their excellent temperature stability and good anti-fatigue characteristic. Nevertheless, relatively low energy storage density is the main disadvantage for dielectric ceramics, which does not meet the requirement of miniaturization for pulsed-power devices. Therefore, how to improve the energy storage density of dielectric ceramics has become one of hot topics on the research of functional ceramics in recent years. In this paper, the basic principle of the capacitor for electric energy storage was introduced firstly and then the research advances of BaTiO3-based, BiFeO3-based, (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based lead-free relaxor ceramics and (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-based, and AgNbO3-based lead-free anti-ferroelectric ceramics were reviewed based on our group’s research, in which the composition design strategies of different material systems were especially summarized. Finally, the opportunities and challenges of lead-free nonlinear energy-storage ceramics were analyzed, and the coping strategies as well as the future development direction were also proposed.

 

Key words: lead-free ceramics, energy storage density, dielectric breakdown strength, polarization difference, review

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