The excellent energy-storage performance of ceramic capacitors, such as high-power density, fast discharge speed, and the ability to operate over a broad temperature range, gives rise to their wide applications in different energy-storage devices. In this work, the (Pb 0.98 La 0.02 )(Zr 0.55 Sn 0.45 ) 0.995 O 3 (PLZS) antiferroelectric (AFE) ceramics are prepared via a unique rolling machine approach. The field-induced multiphase transitions are observed in polarization-electric field (P-E) hysteresis loops. All the PLZS AFE ceramics possess high energy-storage densities and discharge efficiency (above 80%) with different sintering temperatures. Of particular significance is that an ultrahigh recoverable energy-storage density of 10.4 J cm -3 and a high discharge efficiency of 87% are achieved at 40 kV mm -1 for PLZS ceramic with a thickness of 0.11 mm, sintered at 1175 °C, which are by far the highest values ever reported in bulk ceramics. Moreover, the corresponding ceramics exhibit a superior discharge current density of 1640 A cm -2 and ultrafast discharge speed (75 ns discharge period). This great improvement in energy-storage performance is expected to expand the practical applications of dielectric ceramics in numerous electronic devices.

Via incorporation of Sr2+ into (Pb,La)(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3, high recoverable energy density (Ure) is achieved in (Pb,Sr,La)(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 (PSLZST) ceramics. All Sr2+ modified ceramics exhibit orthorhombic antiferroelectric (AFE) characteristics, and have higher ferroelectric-AFE phase switching electric field (EA, proportional to Ure) than the base composition with a tetragonal AFE phase. By properly adjusting the Sr2+ content, the Ure of PSLZST ceramics is greatly improved. This is attributed to the substitution of Pb2+ by Sr2+ with a smaller ion radius, which decreases the tolerance factor leading to enhanced AFE phase stability and thus increased EA. The best energy storage properties are achieved in the PSLZST ceramic with a Sr2+ content of 0.015. It exhibits a maximum room-temperature Ure of 5.56 J/cm3, the highest value achieved so far for dielectric ceramics prepared by a conventional sintering technique, and very small energy density variation (<12%) in the range of 30–90 °C. The high Ure (>4.9 J/cm3) over a wide temperature range implies attractive prospects of this material for developing high power capacitors usable under various conditions.

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Novel isotropic and anisotropic thermoplastic magnetorheological elastomers (MRE) were prepared by melt blending titanated coupling agent modified carbonyl iron (CI) particles with poly(styrene-b-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-b-styrene) (SEEPS) matrix in the absence and presence of a magnetic field, and the microstructure and magnetorheological properties of these SEEPS-based MRE were investigated in detail. The particle surface modification improves the dispersion of the particles in the matrix and remarkably softens the CI/SEEPS composites, thus significantly enhancing the MR effect and improving the processability of these SEEPS-based MRE. A microstructural model was proposed to describe the interfacial compatibility mechanism that occurred in the CI/SEEPS composites after titanate coupling agent modification, and validity of this model was also demonstrated through adsorption tests of unmodified and surface-modified CI particles.

Antiferroelectric materials with higher electric field, reduced energy dissipation and lower remanent polarization generally display excellent energy storage performance. In this work, Pb0.98La0.02(Hf1-xSnx)0.995O3 lead-based antiferroelectric ceramics were synthesized by a...