Abstract
The powder samples of (Na0.5Bi0.5)0.705Ba0.045Sr0.25TiO3-xNb2O5 (NBBSNT) were synthesized by a wet solid-phase method. The effects of Nb-doping on morphology, ferroelectric and dielectric properties of samples were investigated. Typical surface morphologies by scanning electron microscopy for the NBTBZN ceramics showed grain size decreasing. Dielectric measurements revealed that the depolarization temperature and Curie temperature shifted to lower temperature. With the increase of Nb content, the ferroelectric hysteresis loops became much slimmer, coupled with the reduction in remnant polarization and coercive field. Energy storage density of 0.855 J/cm3 and the energy storage efficiency of 74.26% were obtained for NBBSNT with x = 0.09.