Electrocaloric energy efficiency and cooling power

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

How much energy is required to drive electrocaloric effects near ferroelectric phase transitions? I will compare electrocaloric ceramic and polymer films with each other, with magnetocaloric materials (exploited in over 40 prototype refrigerators), and with elastocaloric materials. I will also discuss the cooling power that could be achieved in electrocaloric heat pumps based on multilayer capacitors in which heat flow is modelled using finite element analysis.

Authors

  • Neil Mathur

    University of Cambridge