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 …

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 …

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

Waste thermal energy (heat) is the second type of energy to be discussed. Usually, it is
generated in a process by way of fuel combustion or chemical reaction, and then “dumped” …

Solid-state cooling technology based on electrocaloric effect (ECE) has been advanced as
an alternative to replace the vapour-compression approach to overcome the releasing of the …

Pyroelectrics are attracting increasing attention because they enable pyroelectric generators
to extract energy from low-gradient-temperature heat for portable electronic devices. High …

This paper reports on direct thermal to electrical energy conversion by performing the Olsen
cycle on pyroelectric materials. The energy harvesting capability of commercially available …

Waste heat can be directly converted into electrical energy by performing the Olsen cycle on
pyroelectric materials. The Olsen cycle consists of two isothermal and two isoelectric field …

Bone implants fabricated using nanocomposites containing hydroxyapatite (HA) and barium
titanate (BT) show osteoconductive, osteoinductive, osteointegration, and piezoelectricity …

The effect of iron (Fe) doping modification on the structure and properties of Ba 0.92 Ca 0.08
TiO 3 (BCT8) lead-free ferroelectrics is investigated in detail. Intrinsic BaTiO 3 (BT) and Ba …