High Energy Storage Performance in La-Doped AgNbO3 Ceramics via Tape Casting

AgNbO 3 -based Pb-free antiferroelectric (AFE) ceramics have attracted increasing interest owing to their excellent potential in energy storage applications. Herein, a high recoverable energy storage density ( W rec ) of 7.62 J/cm 3 is realized in La-doped AgNbO 3 ceramics prepared via tape casting. The high W rec is attributed to high breakdown strength E b of 380 kV/cm induced by dense microstructure as well as fine grain size and enhanced AFE stability stemming from M 2 phase and reduced tolerance factor t . The high W rec exceeding 6 J/cm 3 was maintained in a wide temperature range of 20–150 °C and exhibited frequency stability with less than 8% variation in a range of 1–200 Hz. The discharge energy density W d exhibited temperature stability at 30–110 °C with less than 9% variation. Our research provides a good method for producing AgNbO 3 -based ceramics having high energy storage performances.