@inproceedings{705700bbbd7448818823e2e134c3e7b9,
title = "Enhanced electrocaloric effect in poly(vinylidene fluoride- trifluoroethylene)-based composites",
abstract = "The poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) based ferroelectric and relaxor materials have been proved to be good electrocaloric (EC) materials. To further enhance the EC effect in ferroelectric relaxor terpolymer poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)), composites such as polymer-polymer blends and nanocomposites filled with inorganic nanoparticles are fabricated and investigated. It is found that the addition of small amount of filler (such as P(VDF-TrFE) or nano-ZrO2) can increase terpolymer's crystallinity and enhance its relaxor behavior through interface couplings. The increased crystallinity and enhanced relaxor behavior together result in enhanced electrocaloric effect. The results demonstrate the promise of composite approaches in tailoring and enhancing ECE in the relaxor terpolymers.",
author = "Chen, {Xiang Zhong} and Qian, {Xiao Shi} and Xinyu Li and Lu, {David Heng Guo} and Haiming Gu and Minren Lin and Shen, {Qun Dong} and Qiming Zhang",
year = "2013",
month = nov,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1557/opl.2012.1733",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781605114675",
series = "Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings",
pages = "235--245",
booktitle = "Thermoelectric Materials Research and Device Development for Power Conversion and Refrigeration",
note = "2012 MRS Fall Meeting ; Conference date: 25-11-2012 Through 30-11-2012",
}