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Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition.
- Source :
- Applied Physics Letters; 9/24/2012, Vol. 101 Issue 13, p132903-132903-4, 1p, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PYROELECTRICITY
COPOLYMERS
FERROELECTRICITY
ELECTRIC fields
ELECTRONS
IRRADIATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00036951
- Volume :
- 101
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 82068737
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4756697