Pyroelectric energy harvesting using Olsen cycles in purified and porous poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] thin films

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Navid, Ashcon ^a   Pilon, Laurent ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; BULK CERAMICS; DIRECT CONVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENERGY DENSITY; ERICSSON; FIGURES OF MERITS; ISOELECTRIC; ISOTHERMAL PROCESS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE) [P(VDF-TRFE)]; POROUS FILM; PYROELECTRIC MATERIALS; SILICONE OIL;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LEAD; PURIFICATION; SILICONES; THIN FILMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79951586471     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/2/025012     Document Type: Article

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