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  • Ceramic Engineering
  • Energy Storage

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  • Developing lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with high energy storage density and thermal stability is crucial for advanced electronics.
  • Existing materials often face trade-offs between energy density and thermal performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance both energy storage density and thermal stability in lead-free MLCCs.
  • To investigate the effect of ordered heterogeneous interfaces on material properties.

Main Methods:

  • Embedding parallel-aligned Al2O3 plates within 0.6SrTiO3-0.4Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 (0.6ST-0.4BNT) lead-free ceramics.
  • Constructing ordered heterogeneous interfaces to suppress charge carrier injection and transport.

Main Results:

  • Achieved an ultrahigh recoverable energy storage density of 16.0 J cm⁻³.
  • Attained a giant breakdown strength of 1140 kV cm⁻¹.
  • Demonstrated superior thermal stability with <3% variation from 20-160 °C.

Conclusions:

  • Ordered heterogeneous interface engineering is a promising strategy for developing thermally stable, high-density energy storage materials.
  • The modified 0.6ST-0.4BNT MLCCs show potential for next-generation applications.
  • This approach overcomes limitations of current dielectric ceramics.