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Title: Enhancing the electrocaloric effect in a relaxor polymer by including minor normal ferroelectric phase

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5054114 · OSTI ID:1477143
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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA, Guangdong Provincial Research Center on Smart Materials and Energy Conversion Devices Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter School of Materials and Energy Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
  4. Guangdong Provincial Research Center on Smart Materials and Energy Conversion Devices Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter School of Materials and Energy Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  5. Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA

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Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1477143
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 113; ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of PhysicsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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