Understanding electrocaloric cooling of ferroelectrics guided by phase‐field modeling

R Gao, X Shi, J Wang, H Huang - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the urgent need to explore low‐cost, high‐efficiency solid‐state refrigeration
technology, the electrocaloric effects of ferroelectric materials have attracted much attention …

Theoretical understanding of polar topological phase transitions in functional oxide heterostructures: A review

X Guo, L Zhou, B Roul, Y Wu, Y Huang, S Das… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exotic topological phase is attracting considerable attention in condensed matter
physics and materials science over the past few decades due to intriguing physical insights …

Giant Negative Electrocaloric Effects of Hf0.5 Zr0.5 O2 Thin Films.

MH Park, HJ Kim, YJ Kim, T Moon, KD Kim… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Hafnia (HfO 2)-zirconia (ZrO 2) solid solution films show giant positive (ΔT= 13.4 K) and
negative (ΔT=-10.8 K) electrocaloric effects that can be simply controlled by tuning the Hf/Zr …

A review on different theoretical models of electrocaloric effect for refrigeration

C Shao, AA Amirov, H Huang - Frontiers in Energy, 2023 - Springer
The performance parameters for characterizing the electrocaloric effect are isothermal
entropy change and the adiabatic temperature change, respectively. This paper reviews the …

[HTML][HTML] A thermodynamic potential, energy storage performances, and electrocaloric effects of Ba1-xSrxTiO3 single crystals

YH Huang, JJ Wang, TN Yang, YJ Wu… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A thermodynamic potential for Ba 1-x Sr x TiO 3 solid solutions is developed, and the
corresponding thermodynamic properties of Ba 1-x Sr x TiO 3 single crystals are calculated …

Large direct and inverse electrocaloric effects in lead-free Dy doped 0.975 KNN-0.025 NBT ceramics

M Aissa, M Zannen, M Benyoussef, J Belhadi… - Ceramics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Undoped and Dy 3+ doped 0.975 K 1/2 Na 1/2 NbO 3-0.025 Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO 3
(0.975 KNN-0.025 NBT) ceramics were synthesized using the solid-state synthesis method …

Correlations between local electrocaloric effect and domains in ferroelectric crystals

CH Lei, Y Liu - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Correlations between the local electrocaloric responses and the domains are critical to
understanding the mechanisms of electrocaloric effect and, thus, enhancing the …

Understanding the role of ferroelastic domains on the pyroelectric and electrocaloric effects in ferroelectric thin films

S Pandya, GA Velarde, R Gao, AS Everhardt… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature‐and electric‐field‐induced structural transitions in a polydomain ferroelectric
can have profound effects on its electrothermal susceptibilities. Here, the role of such …

[HTML][HTML] Electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric materials: From phase field to first-principles based effective Hamiltonian modeling

J Zhang, X Hou, Y Zhang, G Tang, J Wang - Materials Reports: Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrocaloric effect (ECE) of ferroelectrics has attracted considerable interest due to its
potential application in environmentally friendly solid-state refrigeration. The discovery of …

Tunable electrocaloric effect in (1-x) Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3-xBa (Ni0. 5Nb0. 5) O3 ferroelectric ceramics

R Gaur, D Das, S Singh - Ceramics International, 2024 - Elsevier
The solid-state refrigeration technology based on the electrocaloric effect (ECE) has
garnered a lot of attention due to the growing demand for high efficiency and …