@article{NIU2021, 
author = {Xiang NIU and Xiaodong JIAN and Xianyi CHEN and Haoxuan LI and Wei LIANG and Yingbang YAO and Tao TAO and Bo LIANG and Sheng-Guo LU},
title = {Enhanced electrocaloric effect at room temperature in Mn2+ doped lead-free (BaSr)TiO3 ceramics via a direct measurement},
year = {2021},
journal = {Journal of Advanced Ceramics},
volume = {10},
number = {3},
pages = {482-492},
keywords = {electrocaloric effect, dielectric loss, barium strontium titanate ceramics, permittivity, electrocaloric strength},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s40145-020-0450-1},
doi = {10.1007/s40145-020-0450-1},
abstract = {(Ba1−xSrx)(MnyTi1−y)O3 (BSMT) ceramics with x = 35, 40 mol% and y = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 mol% were prepared using a conventional solid-state reaction approach. The dielectric and ferroelectric properties were characterized using impedance analysis and polarization–electric field (P–E) hysteresis loop measurements, respectively. The adiabatic temperature drop was directly measured using a thermocouple when the applied electric field was removed. The results indicate that high permittivity and low dielectric losses were obtained by doping 0.1–0.4 mol% of manganese ions in (BaSr)TiO3 (BST) specimens. A maximum electrocaloric effect (ECE) of 2.75 K in temperature change with electrocaloric strength of 0.55 K·(MV/m)–1 was directly obtained at ~21 ℃ and 50 kV/cm in Ba0.6Sr0.4Mn0.001Ti0.999O3 sample, offering a promising ECE material for practical refrigeration devices working at room temperature.}
}