The defect related energy-storage properties of A-site off-stoichiometry ferroelectric ceramic

The Ba0.985La0.015Ti0.9Sn0.1O3 ceramic has been prepared by a cost-effective solid-state reaction method. Preliminary room-temperature X-ray diffraction indicates that the crystallization of the ceramic is good. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy was used to study the microstructure of ceramic. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to characterize the oxygen vacancies. Dielectric properties and impedance spectroscopy reflected the characteristic of relaxor-type behavior. Modified Curie–Weiss law was used to evaluate the relaxor behavior. The fitting result of the relaxation parameter λ = 1.4, which verifies their relaxor property. Jonscher’s power law was used to analyze the behavior of alternating current conductivity. The Arrhenius law was used to calculate the relaxor activation-energy (Ea) and the conduction activation-energy (Ec). The fitting results show that the Ea and Ec are 1.1 and 1. 13 eV, respectively. These values demonstrate that the high-temperature relaxor behavior was attributed to the double ionized oxygen vacancies. The electric field versus polarization curve reflects the energy-storage property of it. The maximum recoverable energy-storage density is 2.14 J/cm3, and the energy-storage efficiency is 67.65%.