Barium
titanate-based energy-storage dielectric ceramics have attracted
great attention due to their environmental friendliness and outstanding
ferroelectric properties. Here, we demonstrate that a recoverable
energy density of 2.51 J cm–3 and a giant energy
efficiency of 86.89% can be simultaneously achieved in 0.92BaTiO3-0.08K0.73Bi0.09NbO3 ceramics.
In addition, excellent thermal stability (25–100 °C) and
superior frequency stability (1–100 Hz) have been obtained
under 180 kV cm–1. The first-order reversal curve
method and transmission electron microscopy measurement show that
the introduction of K0.73Bi0.09NbO3 makes ferroelectric domains to transform into highly dynamic polar
nanoregions (PNRs), leading to the concurrently enhanced energy-storage
properties by the transition from ferroelectric to relaxor ferroelectric
(RFE). Furthermore, it is confirmed by piezoresponse force microscopy
that the appearance of PNRs breaks the long-range order to some extent
and reduces the stability of the microstructure, which explains the
excellent energy-storage performance of RFE ceramics. Therefore, this
work has promoted the practical application ability of BaTiO3-based energy-storage dielectric ceramics.