The Electrocaloric Effect
Kholkin, Andrei L. (Research Coordinator at the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Physics Department in Portugal) / Pakhomov, Oleg V. (Associate Professor of Cryogenics and Cryoelectronics at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia) / Semenov, Alexander A. (Head of the Department of Physical Electronics and Technology, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia) / Tselev, Alexander (Principal Researcher, Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Portugal)
The Electrocaloric Effect: Materials and Applications reviews the fundamentals of the electrocaloric effect, the most relevant electrocaloric materials, and electrocaloric measurements and device applications. The book introduces the electrocaloric effect along with modelling and simulations of this effect. Then it addresses the latest advances in synthesis, characterization, and optimization of the most relevant electrocaloric materials inclu...