Fluoropolymer ferroelectrics: Multifunctional platform for polar-structured energy conversion

X Qian, X Chen, L Zhu, QM Zhang - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ferroelectric materials are currently some of the most widely applied material systems and
are constantly generating improved functions with higher efficiencies. Advancements in poly …

Materials, physics and systems for multicaloric cooling

H Hou, S Qian, I Takeuchi - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Calls to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and demands for higher energy efficiency
continue to drive research into alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The caloric …

Local structural heterogeneity and electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: learning from relaxor ferroelectrics

F Li, S Zhang, D Damjanovic, LQ Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A high-performance solid-state electrocaloric cooling system

Y Wang, Z Zhang, T Usui, M Benedict, S Hirose, J Lee… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Electrocaloric (EC) cooling is an emerging technology that has broad potential to disrupt
conventional air conditioning and refrigeration as well as electronics cooling applications …

Electrocaloric cooling materials and devices for zero-global-warming-potential, high-efficiency refrigeration

J Shi, D Han, Z Li, L Yang, SG Lu, Z Zhong, J Chen… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
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 …

Polymer‐/ceramic‐based dielectric composites for energy storage and conversion

H Wu, F Zhuo, H Qiao… - Energy & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

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 …

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 …

Colossal electrocaloric effect in an interface-augmented ferroelectric polymer

S Zheng, F Du, L Zheng, D Han, Q Li, J Shi, J Chen… - Science, 2023 - science.org
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 …

Direct and indirect measurements on electrocaloric effect: Recent developments and perspectives

Y Liu, JF Scott, B Dkhil - Applied Physics Reviews, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
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 …