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. 2018 May 8;9:1827. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04027-9

Table 1.

Recoverable work and cycle work for giant EC materials

EC material T 0
(K)
E|
(kV cm−1)
S|
(mJ K−1 cm−3)
T|
(K)
SΔT|
(J cm−3)
|W|
(J cm−3)
|W|/|ΔSΔT| Ref.
PbZr0.95Ti0.05O3 499 480 62.5 12 0.75 10.3 13.7 25
0.93PMN-0.07PT 308 720 77.9 7.3 0.57 4.3 7.5 26
P(VDF-TrFE) 353 2000 107.6 12.5 1.35 5.2 3.8 27
P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) 310 3100 122.6 12.5 1.53 7.9 5.2 27
*P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) 350 3500 174.3 22 3.83 8.7 2.3 28

At starting temperature T0, field change |ΔE| yields |ΔS| and |ΔT|, and hence cycle work |ΔSΔT| for the Ericsson cycle of Fig. 1b. The isothermal electrical work21,29 |W| associated with |ΔS| at optimum starting temperature T0 approximately represents the recoverable work at cold temperature Tc (Fig. 1b) given that |W| >> |ΔSΔT|. 0.93PMN-0.07PT = 0.93Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.07PbTiO3. P(VDF-TrFE) = poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) 55/45 mol%. P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) = poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) 59.2/33.6/7.2 mol%. *P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) = poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) 56.2/36.3/7.6 mol%.