Design strategies of perovskite energy-storage dielectrics for next-generation capacitors

The next-generation capacitors have placed higher requirements on energy-storage dielectrics, such as high temperature, high frequency and high voltage. Perovskite dielectrics possess various kinds of polar structures, such as ferroelectric domains, polar nano-regions (PNRs), and anti-polar structure as well, which exhibit various responses to external stimulations (temperature, electric field, mechanical loadings). Its design inspires development strategies to improve their energy-storage properties for capacitors involving chemical composition, fabrication process, computer simulation, and even measurement strategies for validation. In this article, we reviewed the recent design strategies and the perovskite dielectrics (covering linear, ferroelectric, relaxor ferroelectric, anti-ferroelectric, even some composite materials, such as glass-ceramics and polymer). This review spans from the atomic to millimeter-scale strategies of property optimization to provide accurate and comprehensive information for researchers in this field. Some novel proposals for overcoming the barriers between materials and properties are presented to accelerate the applications of the next-generation capacitors. Therefore, this review should help to identify the best approach for transferring the new perovskite dielectrics into next generation capacitor applications.