Engineered local polarization disorder unlocks record efficiency in antiferroelectric capacitors
, corresponding to a figure of merit of 1220, surpassing most reported state-of-the-art multilayer ceramic capacitors under comparable high-field conditions. These findings highlight local polarization disorder as a key mechanism that, in combination with enhanced breakdown strength, enables ultrahigh energy storage performance and offers a promising route toward high-performance capacitive energy storage for advanced pulsed-power applications.
Authors
- Li He
- Fukang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2438-2419)
- Zibin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7144-1861)
- J H Li
- Yunyao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-8811)
- Dong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6009-166X)
- Jie Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-7162)
- Gang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6970-1970)
- Shujun J. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6139-6887)
- Kaiyuan Liu
- Yule Yang
- Xuefeng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-2571)
- Leiyang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-5655)
- Bin Zhou
- Hua Tan
- Ruiyi Jing
Institutions
- Southwest University (CN)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Shenzhen Technology University (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72274-2
- Primary Topic
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation