Abstract

The (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 relaxor ferroelectric materials have great potential in high energy storage capacitors due to their small hysteresis, low remanent polarization and high breakdown electric field. In this work, (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 thin films with ~400 nm were prepared on (001) SrTiO3 substrate by pulsed laser deposition technology. The (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 films have good crystallization quality with a dense microstructure and relaxor ferroelectric properties, as confirmed by the elongated hysteresis loops and the relation of <A>∝Eα. A high Eb of up to 1400 kV/cm is obtained, which contributes to a good Wrec of 24.6 J/cm3 and η of 72% in (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 film. In addition, the variations of Wrec and η are less than 4% and 10% in the temperature range of 20–120°C. In the frequency range of 103 Hz–2 × 104 Hz, the variations of Wrec and η are less than 10%. All those reveal the great potential of NBT film for energy storage.