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ACS NANO
卷 9, 期 7, 页码 7164-7174出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03371
关键词
electrocaloric effect; polymer nanocomposites; ferroelectrics; nanostructures
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资金
- National Science Foundation [CMMI 1361713, DMR1410714]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51373132, 61378076]
- National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Projects of China [2013YQ160551]
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1361713] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The electrocaloric effect (ECE) refers to conversion of thermal to electrical energy of polarizable materials and could form the basis for the next-generation refrigeration and power technologies that are highly efficient and environmentally friendly. Ferroelectric materials such as ceramic and polymer films exhibit large ECEs, but each of these monolithic materials has its own limitations for practical cooling applications. In this work, nanosized barium strontium titanates with systematically varied morphologies have been prepared to form polymer nanocomposites with the ferroelectric polymer matrix. The solution-processed polymer nanocomposites exhibit an extraordinary room-temperature ECE via the synergistic combination of the high breakdown strength of a ferroelectric polymer matrix and the large change of polarization with temperature of ceramic nanofillers. It is found that a sizable ECE can be generated under both modest and high electric fields, and further enhanced greatly by tailoring the morphology of the ferroelectric nanofillers such as increasing the aspect ratio of the nanoinclusions. The effect of the geometry of the nanofillers on the dielectric permittivity, polarization, breakdown strength, ECE and crystallinity of the ferroelectric polymer has been systematically investigated. Simulations based on the phase-field model have been carried out to substantiate the experimental results. With the remarkable cooling energy density and refrigerant capacity, the polymer nanocomposites are promising for solid-state cooling applications.
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