Abstract
The electrocaloric (EC) effect attracted attention due to recent predictions of the existence of a giant EC in polymeric and inorganic ferroelectric materials based on indirect measurements of the electric polarization. The giant EC effect could potentially be of great importance in development of cooling or heating devices of new generation, which would be more environmentally friendly. A method and analysis of direct measurements of the giant EC effect in P(VDF-TrFE) (68/32 mol%) copolymer thin films are presented. It is found that the EC effect is of similar magnitude as found in P(VDF-TrFE) (55/45 mol%) copolymer by indirect method.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-143 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Ferroelectrics |
Volume | 416 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011 |
Event | 10th Russia/CIS/Baltic/Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity, RCBJSF-10 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: Jun 20 2010 → Jun 24 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics