We study the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in a typical relaxor ferroelectric ceramic of Pb 0.91
La 0.06 Zr 0.8 Ti 0.2 O 3 by analyzing the respective contributions of long-range-ordered …

The increasing demand of high-temperature and high-power electronics has triggered
intensive research on capacitors with operation temperature up to 300° C. In this work …

Abstract Er 3+-doped Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15 Ti 0.9 Zr 0.1 O 3 (x Er-BCTZ, x= 0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.015)
multifunctional thick films were prepared by the tape-casting method, using sol-gel-derived …

Correlations between the local electrocaloric responses and the domains are critical to
understanding the mechanisms of electrocaloric effect and, thus, enhancing the …

The field-induced transition, which is useful for converting between electrical and thermal
energy, was induced in artificially designed complementary-metal–oxide–semiconductor …

The composition-temperature-electric field diagram and electrocaloric properties of BaTi 1−
x Zr x O 3 (BZT) were computed using a self-consistent phenomenological approach. By …

The electrocaloric (EC) effect is promising for the next-generation solid-state refrigeration,
yet it is difficult to improve the EC response near room temperature with either the positive …

Ferroelectric thin films with giant room-temperature electrocaloric effect (ECE) could be very
useful in design of solid-state refrigeration devices. Here, lead-free Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15-x Sr x Zr …

Electrocaloric refrigeration shows potential as a viable alternative to vapor-compression
and/or thermo-electric refrigeration. One of the main challenges that need to be addressed …

The electrocaloric effect of ferroelectrics is promising for new solid-state refrigeration.
However, the current research on the electrocaloric effect of bulk ferroelectrics mainly …