Xiaoshan Zhang

TL;DR: In this paper, a scalable ceramic-polymer composites based on three-dimensional interconnected piezoelectric microfoams is proposed. But the authors admit that the 3-D interconnected architecture presents a continuous pathway for load transfer to break the load-transfer scaling law seen in the conventional composites with low-dimensional ceramic fillers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructure and electrical properties of PBLZST antiferroelectric (AFE) ceramics have been investigated using hot-press sintering method and conventional solid-state reaction process.

TL;DR: It is found that a sizable ECE can be generated under both modest and high electric fields, and further enhanced greatly by tailoring the morphology of the ferroelectric nanofillers such as increasing the aspect ratio of the nanoinclusions.

TL;DR: By designing the inorganic filler and polymer matrix, which are both relaxor ferroelectrics with the ambient-temperature phase transition and minimized hysteresis, a large ECE becomes accessible with high cooling efficiency over a broad temperature range at and near room temperature.

TL;DR: Flexible lead-free ferroelectric ceramic nanowire arrays exhibit a unique combination of features that can contribute to the realization of wearable cooling devices, including an outstanding electrocaloric effect at low fields, high efficiency, bendability and stretchability, and robustness against mechanical deformations.