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Influence of epitaxial strain on elastocaloric effect in ferroelectric thin films

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20/01/2015
Author
Liu, Yang
Wei, Jie
Lou, Xiaojie
Bellaiche, L.
Scott, James Floyd
Dkhil, Brahim
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Abstract
We report the influence of epitaxial strain um on the elastocaloric properties of BaTiO3 thin films. Using thermodynamic calculations, we show that there exists a critical compressive stress   σ3c at which the elastocaloric effect is maximized for any compressive misfit strain we investigate. Moreover, it is found that |σ3c| decreases significantly with decreasing |um| , which is accompanied by a reduction of the elastocaloric response. Interestingly, a several fold enhancement in the electrocaloric effect can be achieved for stress in proximity of σ3c . The elastocaloric effect predicted here may find potential cooling applications by combining the stress-mediated electrocaloric effect or designing hybrid elastocaloric/electrocaloric devices in the future.
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Liu , Y , Wei , J , Lou , X , Bellaiche , L , Scott , J F & Dkhil , B 2015 , ' Influence of epitaxial strain on elastocaloric effect in ferroelectric thin films ' , Applied Physics Letters , vol. 106 , no. 3 , 032901 , pp. 1-5 . https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906198
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Applied Physics Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906198
ISSN
0003-6951
Type
Journal article
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© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4906198
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Y.L., J.W., and B.D. thank the China Scholarship Council (CSC). X.J.L., J.W., Y.L., and B.D. thank the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC Nos. 51272204 and 51372195), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China through a 973-Project (No. 2012CB619401), and “One Thousand Youth Talents” program for support. L.B. thank NSF Grant No. DMR-1066158.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8638

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