Nanostructures in Ferroelectric Films for Energy Applications
Domains, Grains, Interfaces and Engineering Methods

Presents a comprehensive discussion on how to improve properties of the ferroelectric films that are targeted for energy applications

Jun Ouyang (Edited by)

9780128138564

Paperback / softback, published 7 June 2019

386 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.77 kg

Nanostructures in Ferroelectric Films for Energy Applications: Grains, Domains, Interfaces and Engineering Methods presents methods of engineering nanostructures in ferroelectric films to improve their performance in energy harvesting and conversion and storage. Ferroelectric films, which have broad applications, including the emerging energy technology, usually consist of nanoscale inhomogeneities. For polycrystalline films, the size and distribution of nano-grains determines the macroscopic properties, especially the field-induced polarization response. For epitaxial films, the energy of internal long-range electric and elastic fields during their growth are minimized by formation of self-assembled nano-domains. This book is an accessible reference for both instructors in academia and R&D professionals.

1. Introduction 2. Ferroelectric thin films and nanostructures: current and future 3. Self-assembled polydomain structures and domain engineering 4. Phase-field modeling for elastic domain engineering applications 5. Nanograins in ferroelectric films 6. Interface engineering of ferroelectric thin-film heterostructures 7. Low-temperature processing of ferroelectric thin films on Si substrates 8. Fundamentals of piezoelectric thin films for microelectromechanical systems 9. Electrocaloric effect in polycrystalline ferroelectrics and its measurement methods 10. Recent progress in ferroelectric thin film capacitors for high density energy storage 11. Analysis of ferroelectric nanostructures—microscopic methods 12. Analysis of ferroelectric nanostructures—spectroscopic methods/second harmonic generation polarimetry

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Nanotechnology [TBN]