Pyroelectric Ceramics: Fundamentals, Synthesis and Emerging Applications discusses the latest advances in this important research field. The book explores the pyroelectric effect in various types of ceramics and discusses various routes to enhance properties for applications like sensors, energy harvesting, and catalysis. It provides insights into processing and design choices for optimizing pyroelectric properties and sensitivity, illustrating new approaches to leveraging the pyroelectric effect in ceramics for a broad range of different industrial applications. In will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, scientists, engineers, and postgraduate students working with ceramics, in pyroelectricity, and related fields. - Provides an extensive and in-depth review of pyroelectricity in lead-free and lead-based ceramics and composites- Examines the factors that impact pyroelectricity, such as processing methods and parameters, electroding patterns, the poling process and porosity- Showcases the state-of-the-art progress in pyroelectric energy harvesting, pyrocatalysis, pyro-electrochemical and pyro-paraelectrics- Presents the future directions for enhancing pyroelectric ceramic material selection, fabrication and applications
