Calls to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and demands for higher energy efficiency
continue to drive research into alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The caloric …

A magnetically, electrically or mechanically responsive material can undergo significant
thermal changes near a ferroic phase transition when its order parameter is modified by the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This book provides the basis for engineering a new, alternative form of technology, ie,
magnetocaloric energy conversion. It has been written for postgraduate students, engineers …

In contrast to the comprehensive understanding of novel ferroelectric [ie, relaxor ferroelectric
(RFE) and antiferroelectric] behavior in ceramics, RFE and double-hysteresis-loop (DHL) …

Both the pyroelectric and electrocaloric effects originate from the cross-coupling between
polarization and temperature in insulating dielectrics. Although both effects have been …

Electrocaloric refrigeration represents a new, alternative technology for refrigeration,
cooling, heating or even power generation. As a technology it can be characterized as being …

First-principles-based simulations are used to simulate the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in Ba
0.5 Sr 0.5 TiO 3 alloys. In analogy with experimental studies we simulate the effect directly …