Polymer Nanocomposite Dielectrics for Energy Storage and Electrocaloric Effect
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2024) | Viewed by 276
Special Issue Editor
Interests: structural ceramics; functional oxides; thin films; electronic devices; polymer nanocomposites
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymer-ceramic matrix composites or composite dielectrics with electrocaloric effect have been attracting intensive attention as an alternative refrigeration mechanism compared to conventional compressor-based refrigerators and air conditioners, where polymer-ceramic matrix composites integrating the merits of ferroelectric polymers with high breakdown strength and ferroelectric ceramics with desired dielectric permittivity achieve the largely enhanced electrocaloric effect performance. Therefore, high performance electrocaloric effect will focus on deciding high piezoelectricity ferroelectric ceramic filler, polymer matrix, and high thermal conducting filler to fabricate polymer-ceramic matrix composite dielectrics. To successfully accomplish the design of high-performance polymer-ceramic matrix composite dielectrics and electrocaloric effect cooling devices for advanced refrigeration system/equipment, crucial research directions in terms of material synthesis, structural configuration, property characterization and device/chip integration are either individually studied or systematically considered in polymer-ceramic matrix composites.
This special issue will specifically focus on polymer-ceramic matrix composites as well as the composite dielectrics, which include the research areas of energy storage, electrocaloric effect for refrigeration, aiming to realize the practical applications for capacitors, strain sensors, nanogenerators, solar cells, etc.
Dr. Hailong Hu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer composite dielectrics
- electrocaloric effect
- sensors
- devices
- refrigeration technique
- energy storage
