Progress on emerging ferroelectric materials for energy harvesting, storage and conversion

XK Wei, N Domingo, Y Sun, N Balke… - Advanced Energy …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of Rochelle salt a century ago, ferroelectric materials have been
investigated extensively due to their robust responses to electric, mechanical, thermal …

Thin‐film ferroelectrics

A Fernandez, M Acharya, HG Lee, J Schimpf… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, the study of ferroelectric oxides has been revolutionized by the
implementation of epitaxial‐thin‐film‐based studies, which have driven many advances in …

Giant energy density via mechanically tailored relaxor ferroelectric behavior of PZT thick film

M Peddigari, B Wang, R Wang, WH Yoon… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Relaxor ferroelectrics (RFEs) are being actively investigated for energy‐storage applications
due to their large electric‐field‐induced polarization with slim hysteresis and fast energy …

Design of High‐Entropy Relaxor Ferroelectrics for Comprehensive Energy Storage Enhancement

B Yang, Y Liu, C Gong, S Lan, Z Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
For an ideal electrostatic energy storage dielectric capacitor, the pursuit of simultaneously
high energy density and efficiency presents a formidable challenge. Typically, under an …

Domain dynamics engineering in ergodic relaxor ferroelectrics for dielectric energy storage

Y Li, W Lin, B Yang, S Zhang, S Zhao - Acta Materialia, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A trade-off relationship between large polarization and weak hysteresis always exists in
ferroelectric capacitors due to the dynamic characteristics of electric domains, which causes …

Clam** enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films

H Pan, M Zhu, E Banyas, L Alaerts, M Acharya… - Nature materials, 2024‏ - nature.com
Thin-film materials with large electromechanical responses are fundamental enablers of
next-generation micro-/nano-electromechanical applications. Conventional …

Defect‐induced, ferroelectric‐like switching and adjustable dielectric tunability in antiferroelectrics

H Pan, Z Tian, M Acharya, X Huang, P Kavle… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Antiferroelectrics, which undergo a field‐induced phase transition to ferroelectric order that
manifests as double‐hysteresis polarization switching, exhibit great potential for dielectric …

Structure-evolution-designed amorphous oxides for dielectric energy storage

Y Yu, Q Zhang, Z Xu, W Zheng, J Xu, Z **, L Zhu… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Recently, rapidly increased demands of integration and miniaturization continuously
challenge energy densities of dielectric capacitors. New materials with high recoverable …

Ultrahigh energy storage density and superior discharge power density in a novel antiferroelectric lead hafnate

PZ Ge, XG Tang, K Meng, XX Huang, QX Liu… - Materials Today …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Dielectric capacitors have been widely applied to pulse charge-discharge systems with
medium energy density and high power density. In this work,(Pb 1-3x/2 La x) Hf 0.96 Ti 0· 04 …

Enhanced energy storage in antiferroelectrics via antipolar frustration

B Yang, Y Liu, RJ Jiang, S Lan, SZ Liu, Z Zhou, L Dou… - Nature, 2025‏ - nature.com
Dielectric-based energy storage capacitors characterized with fast charging and discharging
speed and reliability,,–play a vital role in cutting-edge electrical and electronic equipment. In …