The Electrocaloric Effect: Materials and Applications

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 modelling 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. The advantages, challenges, and perspectives of the future of electrocaloric refrigeration are discussed. The Electrocaloric Effect is suitable for researchers and engineers in the disciplines of materials science, engineering, and physics. Includes comprehensive introduction to 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 INDICE: Part 1: Fundamentals of Electrocaloric effect1. Introduction to Electrocaloric effect2. Thermodynamics of Electrocaloric effect3. Modelling of Electrocaloric effect4. Molecular dynamics simulations of Electrocaloric effect5. Electrocaloric effect and conductivity6. Negative electrocaloric effect and its use for solid-state refrigerationPart 2: Electrocaloric materials and their optimization7. Materials issues in the synthesis of electrocaloric structures8. Electrocaloric effects in ferroelectric perovskites9. Electrocaloric effects in relaxor ferroelectrics10. Electrocaloric effects in liquid crystals11. Electrocaloric effects in lead-free materials12. Electrocaloric effects in thin film materials13. Electrocaloric effects in ferroelectric polymers14. Electrobarocaloric effects in composite structures15. Electrocaloric effects in novel ferroelectrics with fluorite structure16. Electrocaloric effects in multilayer structures17. Multicaloric effects in multiferroic structuresPart 3: Electrocaloric measurements and device applications18. Direct and indirect measurements of Electrocaloric effect in metal oxides19. Electrocaloric prototypes: towards efficient solid-state refrigeration20. Numerical modelling and design of a regenerative electrocaloric coolers21. Electrocaloric devices using cantilever structures22. Electrocaloric-based applications: challenges and perspectives

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821647-7
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 525
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés