Energy Conversion from Heat to Electricity by Highly Reversible Phase-Transforming Ferroelectrics

Zhang, Chenbo; Zeng, Zhuohui; Zhu, Zeyuan; Tamura, Nobumichi; Chen, Xian

doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.16.024064

Title: Energy Conversion from Heat to Electricity by Highly Reversible Phase-Transforming Ferroelectrics

Journal Article · 30 August 2021 · Physical Review Applied

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.16.024064 · OSTI ID:1836052

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Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay (Hong Kong)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

The search for performant multiferroic materials has attracted general research interest in energy science as they have been increasingly exploited as the conversion media among thermal, electric, magnetic, and mechanical energies by using their temperature-dependent ferroic properties. Here we report a material development strategy that guides us to discover a reversible phase-transforming ferroelectric material exhibiting enduring energy harvesting from small temperature differences. The material satisfies the crystallographic compatibility condition between polar and nonpolar phases, which shows only 2.5°C thermal hysteresis and a high figure of merit. It stably generates 15μA of electricity in consecutive thermodynamic cycles in the absence of any bias fields. We demonstrate our device to consistently generate 6μA/cm² current density near 100°C over 540 complete phase transformation cycles without any electric and functional degradation. The energy-conversion device can light up an LED directly without attaching an external power source. Furthermore, this promising material candidate brings the low-grade waste-heat harvesting closer to a practical realization, e.g., small temperature fluctuations around the water boiling point can be considered as a clean energy source.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1836052

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 16; ISSN 2331-7019

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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