Quasi‐Antipolar Nanoclusters Driven Superior Energy Storage in High‐Entropy Relaxor Ferroelectrics
Relaxor ferroelectrics featuring highly dynamic polar nanoregions hold significant potential for pulse-power dielectric capacitor applications. Nevertheless, achieving an optimal polarization-field response that combines low hysteresis, delayed polarization saturation, and high maximum polarization remains a critical challenge toward superior comprehensive energy storage performance. Herein, we propose an effective strategy of engineering quasi-antipolar nanoclusters in relaxor ferroelectrics via a high-entropy composition design to optimize polarization behavior. By intentionally incorporating aliovalent ions with different ferroelectric activities into antiferroelectric NaNbO<sub>3</sub>, local antiparallel-like polarization configurations were constructed within a high-entropy relaxor matrix of Na<sub>0.73</sub>Ba<sub>0.1</sub>Bi<sub>0.11</sub>Li<sub>0.06</sub>Nb<sub>0.73</sub>Ti<sub>0.22</sub>Fe<sub>0.05</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (NBBLNTF). These quasi-antipolar nanoclusters not only weaken the coupling among polar nanoregions but also exhibit distinct transition behaviors under high electric fields toward a ferroelectric state. Consequently, a polarization-field loop with low hysteresis, high linearity, and large maximum polarization is achieved, yielding an ultrahigh recoverable energy density W<sub>rec</sub> of 18.3 J·cm<sup>-3</sup> with a high efficiency η of 91.5% and an outstanding energy storage strength W<sub>rec</sub>/E of 0.25 J/(kV·mm<sup>-5</sup>) in NBBLNTF multilayer ceramic capacitors, together with excellent thermal and frequency stability. These results offer a feasible strategy for developing next-generation high-performance dielectrics with exceptional energy storage properties.
Authors
- Aiwen Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9581-8816)
- Ao Tian
- Xiaokuo Er
- Xin Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8736-1172)
- Maqbool Ur Rehman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5419-6916)
- Xuewen Jiang
- Xiang Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2062-6874)
- Zehao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-9915)
- Tengfei Hu
- Ruzhong Zuo
- Mohamed Mahmoud
- Qingkang Jiang
- Liqiang Liu
Institutions
- Huainan Normal University (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (CN)
- Anhui Polytechnic University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Science
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202522801
- Primary Topic
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Plan