The Electrocaloric Effect
Materials and Applications
- 1st Edition - February 22, 2023
- Latest edition
- Editors: Andrei L. Kholkin, Oleg V. Pakhomov, Alexander A. Semenov, Alexander Tselev
- Language: English
The Electrocaloric Effect: Materials and Applications reviews the fundamentals of the electrocaloric effect, the most relevant electrocaloric materials, and electrocaloric measur… Read more
The 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
1. Introduction to Electrocaloric effect
2. Thermodynamics of Electrocaloric effect
3. Modelling of Electrocaloric effect
4. First-principles based simulation of the electrocaloric effect
5. Negative electrocaloric effect and its use for solid-state refrigeration
6. Materials issues in the synthesis of electrocaloric structures
7. Electrocaloric effects in ferroelectric perovskites
8. Electrocaloric effects in relaxor ferroelectrics
9. Electrocaloric effects in liquid crystals
10. Electrocaloric Effects in Thin Film Structures
11. Electrocaloric Polymers and Related Materials
12. Electrocaloric effects in novel fluorite-structure ferroelectrics
13. Multiferroic layered structures for electrocaloric applications
14. Direct and indirect measurements of Electrocaloric effect in metal oxides
15. Basics of design and modelling of regenerative electrocaloric coolers
16. Numerical modelling and design of regenerative electrocaloric coolers: State of the art
17. Electrocaloric devices using cantilever structures
18. Electrocaloric-based applications: challenges and perspectives
2. Thermodynamics of Electrocaloric effect
3. Modelling of Electrocaloric effect
4. First-principles based simulation of the electrocaloric effect
5. Negative electrocaloric effect and its use for solid-state refrigeration
6. Materials issues in the synthesis of electrocaloric structures
7. Electrocaloric effects in ferroelectric perovskites
8. Electrocaloric effects in relaxor ferroelectrics
9. Electrocaloric effects in liquid crystals
10. Electrocaloric Effects in Thin Film Structures
11. Electrocaloric Polymers and Related Materials
12. Electrocaloric effects in novel fluorite-structure ferroelectrics
13. Multiferroic layered structures for electrocaloric applications
14. Direct and indirect measurements of Electrocaloric effect in metal oxides
15. Basics of design and modelling of regenerative electrocaloric coolers
16. Numerical modelling and design of regenerative electrocaloric coolers: State of the art
17. Electrocaloric devices using cantilever structures
18. Electrocaloric-based applications: challenges and perspectives
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 22, 2023
- Language: English
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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