Nanoscale Ferroelectric-Multiferroic Materials for Energy Harvesting Applications

Presents the full scope of multiferroic materials research for energy conversion and harvesting, from fundamentals, to applications

Hideo Kimura (Edited by), Zhenxiang Cheng (Edited by), Tingting Jia (Edited by)

9780128144992

Paperback, published 25 February 2019

252 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg

Approx.238 pages

1. Domain switching in bismuth layer-structured multiferroic film 2. Strain tuning effects in perovskites 3. Aurivillius layer-structured multiferroic materials 4. Fabrication of (K, Na)NbO3 films by pulsed laser deposition and their domain observation 5. Microscale materials design using focused proton-beam writing 6. Thin film fabrication using nanoscale flat substrates 7. Ferroic domain observation using transmission electron microscope 8. First-principles study of the ferroelectric phase of AgNbO3 9. Structural optimization of piezoelectric thin-film vibration energy harvesters based on electric equivalent circuit model 10. Ferroelectric nanofibers and their application in energy harvesting 11. Microenergy harvesting using BiFeO3 films 12. Thermal energy harvesting of PLZT and BaTiO3 ceramics using pyroelectric effects

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]