Advances in Non-linear Dielectric Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 154
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Interests: novel nanostructured films; oxide semiconductors and metallic nanoparticles; ferroelectric thin films; energy storage capacitors; non-volatile memories
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Interests: thin films; lead-free perovskite ferroelectrics; (pseudo-)binary oxide thin films; PVD techniques; energy storage; non-volatile memories
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of advanced electrical energy storage devices such as batteries, electrochemical capacitors, and dielectric capacitors has been pursued intensely to meet the ever-growing need for on-demand energy supply. Dielectric capacitors offer high-power density and ultrafast discharging times compared to electrochemical capacitors and batteries, making them potential candidates for pulsed power technologies.
Nonlinear dielectrics in the form of ferroelectrics (FE), relaxor ferroelectrics (RFE), and antiferroelectrics (AFE) have spontaneous polarization (Ps) and higher dielectric permittivities (K) than linear dielectric (LD) capacitors, and they can work both as DC and AC devices. Therefore, interest in nonlinear dielectrics, either in the bulk or thin film form, is continuously on the rise, both from a fundamental and application point of view.
Advanced nonlinear dielectrics such as FE, RFE, and AFE should satisfy multiple characteristics, such as a low coercive field, high maximum polarization, low remnant polarization, large dielectric breakdown field, and slim hysteresis, in order to obtain superior energy storage performance. In addition, they should display higher thermal and mechanical stability.
In this Special Issue, we invite contributions aiming to identify modern trends of nonlinear dielectric materials, including the processing fundamentals and optimization of final capacitor properties.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Maria J. M. Gomes
Dr. Jose P. B. Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nonlinear dielectrics
- ferroelectrics
- relaxor ferroelectrics
- antiferroelectrics
- thin films
- ceramics
- energy storage capacitors
