Content: Cover
Title Page
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Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Ferroelectric Materials
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Piezoelectric Mechanical Energy Harvesting
1.2.1 Piezoelectricity
1.2.2 Brief History of Modern Piezoelectric Ceramics
1.2.3 Principle of Piezoelectric Effect for Mechanical Energy Harvesting
1.3 Pyroelectric Thermal Energy Harvesting
1.3.1 Principle of Pyroelectric Effect
1.3.2 Pyroelectric Coefficient and Electrocaloric Coefficient
1.3.3 Primary and Secondary Pyroelectric Coefficient
1.3.4 Tertiary Pyroelectric Coefficient and Other Aspects. 1.3.5 Pyroelectric Effect versus Phase Transition1.4 Electrocaloric (EC) Effect of Ferroelectric Materials
1.5 Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Solar Energy Harvesting
1.6 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 2 Piezoelectric Energy Generation
2.1 Kinetic Energy Harvesting
2.1.1 Theory of Kinetic Energy Harvesting
2.1.2 Kinetic Vibration Source in the Ambient
2.1.3 Transducers for Mechanical Energy Harvesting
2.2 Piezoelectric Vibration Harvesting
2.2.1 Piezoelectricity
2.2.2 Theory of Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting
2.3 Choice of Materials for Energy Harvesting. 2.3.1 Materials for Piezoelectric MEMS Harvesting2.3.2 Effect of Stress Induced by Substrate
2.4 Design and Configuration of Piezoelectric Harvester
2.4.1 Option of Piezoelectric Configuration
2.4.2 Unimorph and Bimorph Structures
2.4.3 Linear Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters
2.4.4 Nonlinear Energy Harvesting
2.5 Review of Piezoelectric Thin Films on Metal Substrate (Foils)
2.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 3 Ferroelectric Photovoltaics
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Historical Background
3.2.1 Recent Studies
3.3 Modulation of the Effect
3.3.1 Polarization
3.3.2 Electrodes. 3.3.3 Band Gap Engineering3.3.4 Photo-mechanical Coupling
3.4 Summary and Outlook
References
Chapter 4 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites for Solar Energy Conversion
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Fundamental Properties of Hybrid Perovskites
4.2.1 Crystal Structures
4.2.2 Optical Properties
4.2.3 Charge Transport Properties
4.2.4 Compositional Engineering and Bandgap Tuning
4.3 Synthesis of Hybrid Perovskite Crystals
4.3.1 Bulk Crystal Growth
4.3.2 Nanocrystal Synthesis
4.4 Deposition Methods of Perovskite Films
4.4.1 One-Step Solution Process
4.4.2 Two-Step Solution Process. 4.4.3 Vapor-Phase Deposition4.5 Efficiency Roadmap of Perovskite Solar Cells
4.6 Working Mechanism and Device Architectures of Perovskite Solar Cells
4.7 Key Challenges of Perovskite Solar Cells
4.7.1 Long-Term Stability
4.7.2 I-V Hysteresis
4.7.3 Toxicity of Raw Materials
4.8 Summary and Perspectives
References
Chapter 5 Dielectric Ceramics and Films for Electrical Energy Storage
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Principles of Dielectric Capacitors for Electrical Energy Storage
5.2.1 The Basic Knowledge on Capacitors
5.2.2 Some Important Parameters for Electrical Energy Storage.