DOI: 10.1063/1.4756697. Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition

Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition

10.1063/1.4756697

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Abstract

We present directly measured electrocaloric effect (ECE) from the poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) 65/35 mol. % copolymer. The data reveal a large difference in the ECE between that measured in applying and in removing the electric field. The difference is significantly reduced by modifying the copolymer with 20 Mrad of high energy electron irradiation. Moreover, an isothermal entropy change ΔSint = 160 J kg−1 K−1 and an adiabatic temperature change ΔTint = 35 °C can be induced in the irradiated copolymer. These results demonstrate the promise of achieving a significant ECE in ferroelectric polymers near first-order ferroelectric-paraelectric transition where multiple intermediate phases can exist.

Bibliography

Li, X., Qian, X.-S., Gu, H., Chen, X., Lu, S. G., Lin, M., Bateman, F., & Zhang, Q. M. (2012). Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition. Applied Physics Letters, 101(13).

Authors 8

Xinyu Li (first)
Xiao-Shi Qian (additional)
Haiming Gu (additional)
Xiangzhong Chen (additional)
S. G. Lu (additional)
Minren Lin (additional)
Fred Bateman (additional)
Q. M. Zhang (additional)

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See supplementary material at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4756697 for additional data of P-E loop, DSC, and XRD measurement.

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Published Online	12 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 26, 2012)
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@article{Li_2012, title={Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition}, volume={101}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4756697}, DOI={10.1063/1.4756697}, number={13}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Li, Xinyu and Qian, Xiao-Shi and Gu, Haiming and Chen, Xiangzhong and Lu, S. G. and Lin, Minren and Bateman, Fred and Zhang, Q. M.}, year={2012}, month=sep }

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