Nanostructures in Ferroelectric Films for Energy Applications: Grains, Domains, Interfaces and Engineering Methods presents methods of engineering nanostructures in ferroelectric films to improve their performance in energy harvesting and conversion and storage. Ferroelectric films, which have broad applications, including the emerging energy technology, usually consist of nanoscale inhomogeneities. For polycrystalline films, the size and distribution of nano-grains determines the macroscopic properties, especially the field-induced polarization response. For epitaxial films, the energy of internal long-range electric and elastic fields during their growth are minimized by formation of self-assembled nano-domains. This book is an accessible reference for both instructors in academia and R&D professionals.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Ferroelectric thin films and nanostructures: current and future - p. 19 3. Chapter 3. Self-assembled polydomain structures and domain engineering - p. 41 4. Abstract - p. 41 5. 3.1 Introduction - p. 41 6. 3.2 Thermodynamic principles - p. 44 7. 3.3 “Thick film, thin domain” model and the exact solution of elastic energy - p. 53 8. 3.4 Microstresses and thickness dependence - p. 56 9. 3.5 Temperature–misfit (phase) diagrams/“domain stability maps” - p. 62 10. 3.6 “Thick film, thin domain” model versus exact solution - p. 64 11. 3.7 Methods of “domain engineering” - p. 67 12. 3.8 Concluding remarks - p. 85 13. Acknowledgments - p. 86 14. References - p. 86 15. Chapter 4. Phase-field modeling for elastic domain engineering applications - p. 91 16. Chapter 5. Nanograins in ferroelectric films - p. 129 17. Chapter 6. Interface engineering of ferroelectric thin-film heterostructures - p. 163 18. Chapter 7. Low-temperature processing of ferroelectric thin films on Si substrates - p. 203 19. Chapter 8. Fundamentals of piezoelectric thin films for microelectromechanical systems - p. 237 20. Chapter 9. Electrocaloric effect in polycrystalline ferroelectrics and its measurement methods - p. 257 21. Chapter 10. Recent progress in ferroelectric thin film capacitors for high density energy storage - p. 289 22. Chapter 11. Analysis of ferroelectric nanostructures—microscopic methods - p. 309 23. Chapter 12. Analysis of ferroelectric nanostructures—spectroscopic methods/second harmonic generation polarimetry - p. 339 24. Index - p. 359
Nanostructures in Ferroelectric Films for Energy Applications: Grains, Domains, Interfaces and Engineering Methods presents methods of engineering nanostructures in ferroelectric films to improve their performance in energy harvesting and conversion and storage. Ferroelectric films, which have broad applications, including the emerging energy technology, usually consist of nanoscale inhomogeneities. For polycrystalline films, the size and distribution of nano-grains determines the macroscopic properties, especially the field-induced polarization response. For epitaxial films, the energy of internal long-range electric and elastic fields during their growth are minimized by formation of self-assembled nano-domains. This book is an accessible reference for both instructors in academia and R&D professionals.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Ferroelectric thin films and nanostructures: current and future - p. 19 3. Chapter 3. Self-assembled polydomain structures and domain engineering - p. 41 4. Abstract - p. 41 5. 3.1 Introduction - p. 41 6. 3.2 Thermodynamic principles - p. 44 7. 3.3 “Thick film, thin domain” model and the exact solution of elastic energy - p. 53 8. 3.4 Microstresses and thickness dependence - p. 56 9. 3.5 Temperature–misfit (phase) diagrams/“domain stability maps” - p. 62 10. 3.6 “Thick film, thin domain” model versus exact solution - p. 64 11. 3.7 Methods of “domain engineering” - p. 67 12. 3.8 Concluding remarks - p. 85 13. Acknowledgments - p. 86 14. References - p. 86 15. Chapter 4. Phase-field modeling for elastic domain engineering applications - p. 91 16. Chapter 5. Nanograins in ferroelectric films - p. 129 17. Chapter 6. Interface engineering of ferroelectric thin-film heterostructures - p. 163 18. Chapter 7. Low-temperature processing of ferroelectric thin films on Si substrates - p. 203 19. Chapter 8. Fundamentals of piezoelectric thin films for microelectromechanical systems - p. 237 20. Chapter 9. Electrocaloric effect in polycrystalline ferroelectrics and its measurement methods - p. 257 21. Chapter 10. Recent progress in ferroelectric thin film capacitors for high density energy storage - p. 289 22. Chapter 11. Analysis of ferroelectric nanostructures—microscopic methods - p. 309 23. Chapter 12. Analysis of ferroelectric nanostructures—spectroscopic methods/second harmonic generation polarimetry - p. 339 24. Index - p. 359
