Fluoropolymer ferroelectrics: Multifunctional platform for polar-structured energy conversion
Ferroelectric materials are currently some of the most widely applied material systems and
are constantly generating improved functions with higher efficiencies. Advancements in poly …
are constantly generating improved functions with higher efficiencies. Advancements in poly …
Materials, physics and systems for multicaloric cooling
Calls to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and demands for higher energy efficiency
continue to drive research into alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The caloric …
continue to drive research into alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The caloric …
Local structural heterogeneity and electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: learning from relaxor ferroelectrics
Long‐range ordering of dipoles is a key microscopic signature of ferroelectrics. These
ordered dipoles form ferroelectric domains, which can be reoriented by electric fields …
ordered dipoles form ferroelectric domains, which can be reoriented by electric fields …
A high-performance solid-state electrocaloric cooling system
Electrocaloric (EC) cooling is an emerging technology that has broad potential to disrupt
conventional air conditioning and refrigeration as well as electronics cooling applications …
conventional air conditioning and refrigeration as well as electronics cooling applications …
Electrocaloric cooling materials and devices for zero-global-warming-potential, high-efficiency refrigeration
Electrocaloric cooling technologies, enabled by the discovery of the giant electrocaloric
effect in dielectrics more than a decade ago, represents a zero-global-warming-potential …
effect in dielectrics more than a decade ago, represents a zero-global-warming-potential …
Polymer‐/ceramic‐based dielectric composites for energy storage and conversion
Dielectric composites boost the family of energy storage and conversion materials as they
can take full advantage of both the matrix and filler. This review aims at summarizing the …
can take full advantage of both the matrix and filler. This review aims at summarizing the …
Electrocaloric materials for future solid-state refrigeration technologies
M Valant - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
The electrocaloric (EC) effect is an adiabatic and reversible temperature change that occurs
in a polar material upon application of an electric field. The current intensive research in EC …
in a polar material upon application of an electric field. The current intensive research in EC …
Large electrocaloric response and high energy-storage properties over a broad temperature range in lead-free NBT-ST ceramics
WP Cao, WL Li, XF Dai, TD Zhang, J Sheng… - Journal of the European …, 2016 - Elsevier
The improvement of the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in (1− x)(Na 0.5 Bi 0.5) TiO 3− x SrTiO3
(NBT-ST) lead-free relaxor ferroelectric ceramics was determined by indirect measurements …
(NBT-ST) lead-free relaxor ferroelectric ceramics was determined by indirect measurements …
Colossal electrocaloric effect in an interface-augmented ferroelectric polymer
The electrocaloric effect demands the maximized degree of freedom (DOF) of polar domains
and the lowest energy barrier to facilitate the transition of polarization. However, optimization …
and the lowest energy barrier to facilitate the transition of polarization. However, optimization …
Direct and indirect measurements on electrocaloric effect: Recent developments and perspectives
It has been ten years since the discovery of the giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric
materials showed that it is possible to employ this effect for substantial cooling applications …
materials showed that it is possible to employ this effect for substantial cooling applications …