We firstly reported the electrocaloric properties in relaxor (1−x−y)NaNbO 3 -yBa-TiO 3 -xCaZrO 3 ceramics, and high electrocaloric effect (ΔT~0.451 K and|ΔT/ ΔE|~0.282 Km/MV) can be realized in the ceramics (x = 0.04 and y = 0.10) under low temperature and low electric field. Relaxor behavior of NaNbO 3 ceramics can be found by doping both BaTiO 3 and CaZrO 3 . In addition, optimized piezoelectric effects (d 33~2 35 pC/N and d 33 *~230 pm/V) can be observed in the ceramics (x = 0.04 and y = 0.10) due to the involved morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). Excellent piezoelectric effect (ie, d 33~3 30 pm/V at 41°C, and d 33 *~332 pm/V at 60°C) can be found because of the characteristics of MPB. Good temperature reliability of piezoelectric effect can be shown because of both MPB and relaxor behavior. We believe that the ceramics with high electrocaloric effect and good piezoelectric effect can be considered as one of the most promising lead-free materials for piezoelectric devices. K E Y W O R D S electrocaloric effect, MPB, NaNbO 3 , piezoelectric effect Additional supporting information may be found online in the Supporting Information section at the end of the article. How to cite this article: Tao H, Yang J, Lv X, Hao X, Wu J. Electrocaloric behavior and piezoelectric effect in relaxor NaNbO 3 -based ceramics. J Am