The Electrocaloric Effect
Materials and Applications
- 1st Edition - February 16, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Andrei L. Kholkin, Oleg V. Pakhomov, Alexander A. Semenov, Alexander Tselev
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 4 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 4 8 - 4
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Request a sales quoteThe Electrocaloric Effect: Materials and Applications reviews the fundamentals of the electrocaloric effect, the most relevant electrocaloric materials, and electrocaloric measurements and device applications. The book introduces the electrocaloric effect, along with modeling and simulations of this effect. Then, it addresses the latest advances in synthesis, characterization and optimization of the most relevant electrocaloric materials, including ferroelectric materials, liquid materials, lead-free materials, polymers and composites. Finally, there is a review of the latest techniques in measurement and applications in refrigeration and cooling and a discussion of the advantages, challenges and perspectives of the future of electrocaloric refrigeration.
- Provides a comprehensive introduction to the electrocaloric effect including experimental techniques to measure, model, and simulate the effect
- Reviews the most relevant electrocaloric materials such as composites, polymers, metal oxides, ferroelectric materials, and more
- Touches on the design and application of electrocaloric materials for devices with potential cooling and refrigeration applications
Materials Scientists and Engineers. Physicists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Part One: Fundamentals of electrocaloric effect
- 1: Introduction to the electrocaloric effect
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 2: Thermodynamics of electrocaloric effect
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Equilibrium thermodynamics for ferroelectrics
- 2.3: Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
- 2.4: Thermodynamics with nonuniform forces
- 2.5: Conclusions
- References
- 3: Analytical calculations of the electrocaloric response of ferroelectric nanoparticles
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 3.1: State of art
- 3.2: Electrocaloric response of a ferroelectric nanoparticle in an effective medium
- 3.3: Electrocaloric response of an ensemble of noninteracting ferroelectric nanoparticles in an effective medium
- 3.4: Conclusions
- References
- 4: First-principles-based simulation of the electrocaloric effect
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Computational methods
- 4.3: Indirect estimation of the EC effect
- 4.4: Clausius-Clapeyron method
- 4.5: Direct estimation of the EC effect
- 4.6: Representative examples
- 4.7: Conclusions
- References
- 5: Negative electrocaloric effect and its use for solid-state refrigeration
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Derivation of the negative ECE from a Maxwell relation
- 5.3: Negative ECE in the antiferroelectric state
- 5.4: Negative ECE at the first-order phase transitions
- 5.5: Negative ECE obtained from the Maxwell relation
- 5.6: Comments regarding interpretations of negative ECE
- 5.7: Use of negative ECE in cooling devices
- References
- Part Two: Electrocaloric materials and their optimization
- 6: Processing issues with inorganic electrocaloric materials and structures
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Single crystals
- 6.3: Bulk ceramics
- 6.4: Multilayers
- 6.5: Thick films
- 6.6: Thin films
- 6.7: Summary
- References
- 7: Electrocaloric effect in lead-free ferroelectric perovskites
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Materials systems
- 7.3: (Na, Bi) TiO3-based ceramics
- 7.4: (K, Na)NbO3 (KNN)-based ceramics
- 7.5: Summary and outlook
- References
- 8: Electrocaloric effect in relaxor ferroelectrics
- Abstract
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Relaxor ferroelectrics
- 8.3: Relaxor ferroelectric materials
- 8.4: Electrocaloric effect in relaxor ferroelectric materials
- 8.5: Conclusions
- References
- 9: Electrocaloric effect in liquid crystals
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Theoretical modelling
- 9.3: Experimental setup
- 9.4: Results
- 9.5: Conclusion
- References
- 10: Electrocaloric effects in thin film structures
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Electrocaloric effect in single- and multilayer thin films
- 10.3: Measurement methods of ECE in thin films
- 10.4: Conclusions
- References
- 11: Electrocaloric polymers and related materials
- Abstract
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: The prediction and characterization of giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric polymers
- 11.3: Polymers and related ferroelectric relaxor materials for electrocaloric cooling
- 11.4: EC polymer-based cooling device designs and demonstrations
- 11.5: Environment considerations
- 11.6: Conclusions and outlook
- References
- 12: Electrocaloric effects in novel fluorite-structure ferroelectrics
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 12.1: Introduction
- 12.2: Fundamentals of the electrocaloric effect and phase transition in fluorite-structure ferroelectrics
- 12.3: Intrinsic advantages of fluorite-structure ferroelectrics for pyroelectric energy conversion and electrocaloric effect
- 12.4: Conclusion
- References
- 13: Multiferroic layered structures for electrocaloric applications
- Abstract
- 13.1: Introduction
- 13.2: Experimental results: Dielectric properties and dual tunability
- 13.3: Discussion
- 13.4: Conclusions
- References
- Part Three: Electrocaloric measurements and device applications
- 14: Direct and indirect measurements of the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in metal oxides
- Abstract
- 14.1: Introduction
- 14.2: Thermodynamics of the ECE and important parameters
- 14.3: Indirect evaluation of the ECE
- 14.4: Direct temperature reading under quasi-adiabatic conditions
- 14.5: Direct measurements of the EC-generated heat
- 14.6: Noncontact infrared thermometry
- 14.7: Scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)
- 14.8: Summary
- References
- 15: Basics of design and modeling of regenerative electrocaloric coolers
- Abstract
- 15.1: Regenerative principles
- 15.2: Numerical modeling of fluid-based AER
- 15.3: Finite elements software for AER modeling
- 15.4: Impact of modeling on experimental performance of an AER
- References
- 16: Numerical modeling and design of regenerative electrocaloric coolers
- Abstract
- 16.1: Introduction
- 16.2: The choice of the parameters when modeling
- 16.3: State of the art of the numerical models of regenerative electrocaloric coolers
- 16.4: Conclusions and outlook
- References
- 17: Electrocaloric devices using cantilever structures
- Abstract
- 17.1: Introduction to EC cooling devices designs
- 17.2: Thermodynamics of the caloric effects in a cantilever structure
- 17.3: Cantilever-based EC devices
- 17.4: Conclusions
- References
- 18: Electrocaloric-based applications: Challenges and perspectives
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 18.1: Fluid-based electrocaloric coolers
- 18.2: Solid-based electrocaloric coolers
- 18.3: Conclusions and outlook
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 16, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 450
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128216477
- eBook ISBN: 9780128216484
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Andrei L. Kholkin
Dr. Andrei L. Kholkin is a Principal Researcher at the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Physics at the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Dr. Kholkin’s research interests are in the area of materials science of ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, and multiferroics: thin films, single crystals and ceramics. His study is mainly devoted to functional materials for piezoelectric devices, degradation effects, and, recently, to their nanoscale characterization by Scanning Probe Microscopy techniques.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Coordinator at the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Physics Department in PortugalOP
Oleg V. Pakhomov
Prof. Oleg Pakhomov was an Associate Professor of Cryogenics and Cryoelectronics at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Pakhomov’s primary research interests included the study of materials with ferroelectric, piezoelectric and electrocaloric properties. He passed away in October, 2021.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Cryogenics and Cryoelectronics at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, RussiaAS
Alexander A. Semenov
Prof. Alexander A. Semenov is the Head of the Department of Physical Electronics and Technology at St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University in Russia. Dr. Semenov current research activities include the physics of wave processes in layered structures and applications of ferroelectric, ferromagnetic films and layered nanostructures in microwave electronics.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of the Department of Physical Electronics and Technology, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, RussiaAT
Alexander Tselev
Dr. Alexander Tselev is a Principal Researcher at the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Physics at the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Dr. Tselev’s primary research interests include the physics of novel functional materials for energy storage and harvesting as well as for electronics, photonics, and data storage with a focus on complex oxide materials.
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Researcher, Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, PortugalRead The Electrocaloric Effect on ScienceDirect