Colossal Roomerature Electrocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Polymer Nanocomposites Using Nanostructured Barium Strontium Titanates

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7164-7174

  Zhang, Guangzu ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaoshan ^a,c   Yang, Tiannan ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Chen, Long Qing ^a   Jiang, Shenglin ^b   Wang, Qing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocaloric effect; ferroelectrics; nanostructures; polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COOLING; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE INTERFACES; POLARIZATION; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PYROELECTRICITY; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

COOLING APPLICATIONS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRO-CALORIC EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; REFRIGERANT CAPACITY; SOLUTION PROCESSED POLYMERS; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84938069264     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03371     Document Type: Article

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