Crystals (Oct 2022)

Bi<sub>0.5</sub>Na<sub>0.5</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub>-Bi<sub>3.25</sub>La<sub>0.75</sub>Ti<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub> Lead-Free Thin Films for Energy Storage Applications through Nanodomain Design

  • Wenfeng Yue,
  • Tingting Jia,
  • Yanrong Chen,
  • Wenbin Dai,
  • Liang Yu,
  • Yali Cai,
  • Ting Li,
  • Lixia Liu,
  • Quansheng Guo,
  • Shuhui Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12111524
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 11
p. 1524

Abstract

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Dielectric capacitors have received increasing attention due to their high power density. The Bi-based Aurivillius phase compound Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 (BLT) is considered a potential material in the field of energy storage due to its excellent ferroelectric properties and good fatigue resistance, and temperature stability. In this paper, 0.4Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.6Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 (0.4NBT4BNT-0.6BLT)-thin films were prepared on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates with the sol-gel method. The addition of BNT destroys the long-range ferroelectric order of BLT and forms nanodomains. By increasing the BNT content, the BLT is transformed from a ferroelectric state to a relaxed state, and its application in the field of energy storage is realized. The recoverable energy density is 42.41 J/cm3, and the recoverable energy storage density is relatively stable in the range of 25–200 °C with good thermal stability. The energy storage efficiency is 75.32% at ~2663 kV/cm. The leakage current density at 300 kV/cm is 1.06 × 10−9 A/cm2.

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