Fig. 1. Schematic of polarization switching, temperature change and entropy change during cooling cycle of electrocaloric effect (a) In virgin state, the ferroelectric polarization randomly distributs; (b) With the application of electric field, the ferroelectric polarization is aligned, and the temperature of the ferroelectric materials is increased; (c) After an isothermal process, the temperature of the ferroelectric materials decreases to the environment temperature; (d) After removal of the electric field, the ferroelectric polarization recovers randomly distribution, the temperature of the ferroelectric materials decreases
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