Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Ceramics for Energy Storage and Harvesting

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Ceramics for Energy Storage and Harvesting

This community develops ceramic and polymer materials that convert mechanical stress into electricity or store electrical energy in capacitors, primarily for sensors, actuators, and power management in electronic devices.

The work centers on barium titanate, bismuth ferrite, and lead zirconate titanate ceramics, often modified to be lead-free or high-entropy to improve stability and performance. Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) composites are frequently used to create flexible, wearable devices. Key applications include triboelectric nanogenerators for harvesting ambient mechanical energy, high-energy-density capacitors for rapid discharge, and flexible sensors for human-machine interaction. The research focuses on enhancing dielectric properties, optimizing phase transitions, and integrating these materials into thin films and composite structures for reliable operation in varying temperatures and mechanical conditions.

The community represents the largest share of research tracked for barium (25.3%) and titanium (21.0%), with 10,999 papers in the titanium category and 7,655 in the barium category. It also constitutes a significant portion of lead (15.1%) and bismuth (10.5%) research.

There are 30,541 papers in this community, published most frequently in Ceramics International, Journal of Applied Physics, and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

Recent work includes high-temperature polymer composite capacitors designed via machine learning, flexible triboelectric nanogenerators for sleep pattern detection, and lead-free multilayer capacitors with entropy-assisted domain engineering for energy storage.

Papers behind this description

• Ultrahigh energy storage in high-entropy ceramic capacitors with polymorphic relaxor phase — Science, 2024 — doi:10.1126/science.adl2931
• Smart and Multifunctional Materials Based on Electroactive Poly(vinylidene fluoride): Recent Advances and Opportunities in Sensors, Actuators, Energy, Environmental, and Biomedical Applications — Chemical Reviews, 2023 — doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00196
• Advanced Energy Harvesters and Energy Storage for Powering Wearable and Implantable Medical Devices — Advanced Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1002/adma.202404492
• Advances in Graphene-Based Electrode for Triboelectric Nanogenerator — Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 — doi:10.1007/s40820-024-01530-1
• Progress and outlook on lead-free ceramics for energy storage applications — Nano Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109394
• Sweat permeable and ultrahigh strength 3D PVDF piezoelectric nanoyarn fabric strain sensor — Nature Communications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41467-024-47810-7
• Electroceramics for High-Energy Density Capacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives — Chemical Reviews, 2021 — doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01264
• Giant energy-storage density with ultrahigh efficiency in lead-free relaxors via high-entropy design — Nature Communications, 2022 — doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30821-7
• Recent progress in electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based nanofibers for sustainable energy and environmental applications — Progress in Materials Science, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101376
• Are lead-free relaxor ferroelectric materials the most promising candidates for energy storage capacitors? — Progress in Materials Science, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2022.101046
• Future prospects and recent developments of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric polymer; fabrication methods, structure, and electro-mechanical properties — RSC Advances, 2023 — doi:10.1039/d2ra06774a
• Ultrahigh energy storage in superparaelectric relaxor ferroelectrics — Science, 2021 — doi:10.1126/science.abi7687
• High-temperature polymer composite capacitors with high energy density designed via machine learning — Nature Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41560-025-01863-0
• Next‐Generation Flexible and Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on PVDF‐HFP@GCN Composite for Mechanical Energy Scavenging and Sleep Pattern Detection — Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adfm.202519594
• Ultra-high energy storage in relaxor ferroelectric MLCCs at elevated temperatures via entropy modulated strain heterogeneity — Nature Communications, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41467-025-64113-7
• Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators With Rotating Structure — Carbon Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1002/cey2.70113
• Ultrawide-temperature-stable high-entropy relaxor ferroelectrics for energy-efficient capacitors — Nature Communications, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63173-z
• Enhanced energy-storage in lead-free multilayer capacitors via entropy-assisted polymorphic domain engineering — Nature Communications, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63584-y