In this work, we demonstrate a very high‐energy density and high‐temperature stability capacitor based on SrTiO3‐substituted BiFeO3 thin films. An energy density of 18.6 J/cm3 at 972 kV/cm is reported. The temperature coefficient of capacitance (TCC) was below 11% from room temperature up to 200°C. These results are of practical importance, because it puts forward a promising novel and environmentally friendly, lead‐free material, for high‐temperature applications in power electronics up to 200°C. Applications include capacitors for low carbon vehicles, renewable energy technologies, integrated circuits, and for the high‐temperature aerospace sector.
New magnetic forms of C60 have been identified which occur
in the rhombohedral polymer phase. The existence of previously
reported ferromagnetic rhombohedral C60 is confirmed. This
property has been shown to occur over a range of preparation
temperatures at 9 GPa. The structure is shown to be crystalline
in nature containing whole undamaged buckyballs. Formation of
radicals is most likely due to thermally activated shearing of
the bridging bond resulting in dangling bond formation. With
increasing temperatures this process occurs in great enough
numbers to trigger cage collapse and graphitization. The
magnetically strongest sample was formed at 800 K, and has a
saturated magnetization at 10 K, in fields above 3 kOe, of
0.045 emu g-1.
Piezoelectric ZnO nanorods grown on a fl exible substrate are combined with the p-type semiconducting polymer PEDOT:PSS to produce a p-n junction device that successfully demonstrates kinetic-to-electrical energy conversion. Both the voltage and current output of the devices are measured to be in the range of 10 mV and 10 μ A cm − 2 . Combining these fi gures for the best device gives a maximum possible power density of 0.4 mW cm − 3 . Systematic testing of the devices is performed showing that the voltage output increases linearly with applied stress, and is reduced signifi cantly by illumination with superband gap light. This provides strong evidence that the voltage output results from piezoelectric effects in the ZnO. The behavior of the devices is explained by considering the time-dependent changes in band structure resulting from the straining of a piezoelectric material within a p-n junction. It is shown that the rate of screening of the depolarisation fi eld determines the power output of a piezoelectric energy harvesting device. This model is consistent with the behavior of a number of previous devices utilising the piezoelectric effect in ZnO.
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