High Energy Storage Density and Impedance Response of PLZT2/95/5 Antiferroelectric Ceramics

(Pb(0.97)La(0.02))(Zr(0.95)Ti(0.05))O(3) (PLZT2/95/5) ceramics were successfully prepared via a solid-state reaction route. The dielectric properties were investigated in the temperature region of 26–650 °C. The dielectric diffuse anomaly in the dielectric relaxation was found in the high temperature region of 600–650 °C with increasing the measuring frequency, which was related to the dynamic thermal process of ionized oxygen vacancies generated in the high temperature. Two phase transition points were detected during heating, which were found to coexist from 150 to 200 °C. Electric field induced ferroelectric to antiferroelectric phase transition behavior of the (Pb(0.97)La(0.02))(Zr(0.95)Ti(0.05))O(3) ceramics was investigated in this work with an emphasis on energy storage properties. A recoverable energy-storage density of 0.83 J/cm(3) and efficiency of 70% was obtained in (Pb(0.97)La(0.02))(Zr(0.95)Ti(0.05))O(3) ceramics at 55 kV/cm. Based on these results, (Pb(0.97)La(0.02))(Zr(0.95)Ti(0.05))O(3) ceramics with a large recoverable energy-storage density could be a potential candidate for the applications in high energy-storage density ceramic capacitors.