The electrocaloric effect in intrinsic-acceptor-doped Ba(Ti,Ce)O3-(Ba,Ca)TiO3 ceramics

  • Yang Yang
  • , Zhijian Zhou
  • , Xiaoqin Ke
  • , Yu Wang
  • , Xiaopo Su
  • , Jianting Li
  • , Yang Bai
  • , Xiaobing Ren

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Abstract

The electrocaloric effect (ECE) of intrinsic-acceptor-doped ferroelectric system (1-x)Ba(Ti0.9Ce0.1)O3-x(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 (x = 0.3,0.5) has been studied by indirect and direct approaches. It was found that the indirect approach based on Maxwell equation is not appropriate for measuring the ECE of this acceptor-doped system. More importantly, a relatively large electrocaloric response is obtained at temperatures far below TC (maximum difference ~75 °C), which can reach 75%~90% of the maximum electrocaloric effect near TC. The unique characteristics of this acceptor-doped system have been explained by the existence of orientable defect dipoles. Our work could stimulate the design of temperature-stable electrocaloric effect through acceptor-doping.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)44-48
Number of pages5
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume174
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Acceptor-doping
  • Electrocaloric effect
  • Ferroelectric ceramic
  • Temperature stability

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