Giant energy storage density with ultrahigh efficiency in multilayer ceramic capacitors via interlaminar strain engineering

Ying Yang; Ke Xu; Bin Yang; Xu Hou; Zhanming Dou; Yuhong Li; Zihao Zheng; Gengguang Luo; Nengneng Luo; Guanglong Ge; Jiwei Zhai; Yuanyuan Fan; Jing Wang; Haoming Yang; Yao Zhang; Jing Wang; Changyuan Wang; Shenglin Jiang; Kanghua Li; Jinming Guo; Houbing Huang; Guangzu Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-025-56605-3

Giant energy storage density with ultrahigh efficiency in multilayer ceramic capacitors via interlaminar strain engineering

Ying Yang
, Ke Xu
, Bin Yang
, Xu Hou
, Zhanming Dou
, Yuhong Li
, Zihao Zheng
, Gengguang Luo
, Nengneng Luo
, Guanglong Ge
, Jiwei Zhai
, Yuanyuan Fan
, Jing Wang
, Haoming Yang
, Yao Zhang
, Jing Wang
, Changyuan Wang
, Shenglin Jiang
, Kanghua Li^*
, Jinming Guo^*

Houbing Huang^*, Guangzu Zhang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Beijing Institute of Technology
Hubei University
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Guangxi University
Tongji University
Hebei University

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Dielectric capacitors with high energy storage performance are highly desired for advanced power electronic devices and systems. Even though strenuous efforts have been dedicated to closing the gap of energy storage density between the dielectric capacitors and the electrochemical capacitors/batteries, a single-minded pursuit of high energy density without a near-zero energy loss for ultrahigh energy efficiency as the grantee is in vain. Herein, for the purpose of decoupling the inherent conflicts between high polarization and low electric hysteresis (loss), and achieving high energy storage density and efficiency simultaneously in multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), we propose an interlaminar strain engineering strategy to modulate the domain structure and manipulate the polarization behavior of the dielectric mediums. With a heterogeneous layered structure consisting of different antiferroelectric ceramics [(Pb_0.9Ba_0.04La_0.04)(Zr_0.65Sn_0.3Ti_0.05)O₃/(Pb_0.95Ba_0.02La_0.02)(Zr_0.6Sn_0.4)O₃/(Pb_0.92Ca_0.06La_0.02)(Zr_0.6Sn_0.4)_0.995O₃], our MLCC exhibits a giant recoverable energy density of 22.0 J cm⁻³ with an ultrahigh energy efficiency of 96.1%. Combined with the favorable temperature and frequency stabilities and the high antifatigue property, this work provides a strain engineering paradigm for designing MLCCs for high-power energy storage and conversion systems.

Original language	English
Article number	1300
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56605-3
Publication status	Published - Dec 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Yang, Y., Xu, K., Yang, B., Hou, X., Dou, Z., Li, Y., Zheng, Z., Luo, G., Luo, N., Ge, G., Zhai, J., Fan, Y., Wang, J., Yang, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Wang, C., Jiang, S., Li, K., ... Zhang, G. (2025). Giant energy storage density with ultrahigh efficiency in multilayer ceramic capacitors via interlaminar strain engineering. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 1300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56605-3

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