Anomalous negative electrocaloric effect in a relaxor/normal ferroelectric polymer blend with controlled nano- and meso-dipolar couplings

Qian, Xiaoshi; Yang, Tiannan; Zhang, Tian; Chen, Long-Qing; Zhang, Q. M.

doi:10.1063/1.4944776

Anomalous negative electrocaloric effect in a relaxor/normal ferroelectric polymer blend with controlled nano- and meso-dipolar couplings

Journal Article · Tue Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944776· OSTI ID:1469693

Qian, Xiaoshi ^[1]; Yang, Tiannan ^[2]; Zhang, Tian ^[3]; Chen, Long-Qing ^[2]; ^[4]

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Materials Research Inst.; Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Materials Research Inst.
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Materials Research Inst. and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

In general, a dielectric material will eject (or absorb) heat when an electric field is applied and absorb (or eject) heat when the field is removed, under isothermal condition, which is known as the normal (or negative) electrocaloric (EC) effect. For some applications, it is highly desired that an EC material will absorb heat (cooling the surrounding) without subsequent heating under an electric pulse. Here, we show that such an EC material can be realized in a properly designed hybrid normal ferroelectric/relaxor ferroelectric polymer blend in which the normal ferroelectric component induces dipole ordering in the relaxor polymer in the poled state, which can be switched to a de-poled state by an external field. More importantly, the de-poled state can be maintained by the relaxor component when the de-poling field is removed. Consequently, the hybrid blend exhibits a large cooling (an isothermal entropy change ΔS = 11.5 J kg^-1K^-1) without the subsequent heating upon the application of an electric pulse.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46410

OSTI ID:: 1469693

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1245503

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 108; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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