Andraž Bradeško

Dr. Andraž Bradeško

CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 October 2016 in Applied Physics Letters
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ABAndraž Bradeško
Andraž Bradeško
ĐJĐ. Juričić
Đ. Juričić
MZM. Santo Zarnik
M. Santo Zarnik
BMB. Malič
B. Malič
ZKZdravko Kutnjak
Zdravko Kutnjak
TRT. Rojac
T. Rojac
Electrocaloric (EC) materials have shown the potential to replace some of the technologies in current commercial refrigeration systems. The key problem when fabricating an efficient EC refrigerator is the small adiabatic temperature change that current bulk materials can achieve. Therefore, such a solid-state EC refrigerator should be engineered to enhance the EC temperature change by rectifying the induced EC heat flow. Here, we present a numerical study of a device that couples the EC and electromechanical (EM) effects in a single active material. The device consists of several elements made from a functional material with coupled EC and EM properties, allowing the elements to bend and change their temperature with the application of an electric field. The periodic excitation of these elements results in a temperature span across the device. By assuming heat exchange with the environment and a low thermal contact resistivity between the elements, we show that a device with 15 elements and an EC effect of 1.2 K achieves a temperature span between the hot and cold sides of the device equal to 12.6 K. Since the temperature span can be controlled by the number of elements in the device, the results suggest that in combination with the so-called “giant” EC effect (ΔTEC ≥ 10 K), a very large temperature span would be possible. The results of this work should motivate the development of efficient EC refrigeration systems based on a coupling of the EC and EM effects.

1 May 2019 in Acta Materialia
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ABAndraž Bradeško
Andraž Bradeško
LFLovro Fulanović
Lovro Fulanović
MVMarko Vrabelj
Marko Vrabelj
MOMojca Otoničar
Mojca Otoničar
HUHana Uršič
Hana Uršič
TRTadej Rojac
Tadej Rojac

1 October 2017 in Journal of Membrane Science
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DKDanjela Kuscer
Danjela Kuscer
TRTadej Rojac
Tadej Rojac
DBDarko Belavič
Darko Belavič
MZMarina Santo Zarnik
Marina Santo Zarnik
ABAndraž Bradeško
Andraž Bradeško
MFMirko Faccini
Mirko Faccini

1 August 2018 in Acta Materialia
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MOM. Otonicar
M. Otonicar
HUH. Ursic
H. Ursic
MDM. Dragomir
M. Dragomir
ABAndraž Bradeško
Andraž Bradeško
GEG. Esteves
G. Esteves
TRT. Rojac
T. Rojac

4 July 2018 in Energy Technology
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FWFlorian Weyland
Florian Weyland
ABAndraž Bradeško
Andraž Bradeško
YMYang‐Bin Ma
Yang‐Bin Ma
JKJurij Koruza
Jurij Koruza
BXBai-Xiang Xu
Bai-Xiang Xu
NNNikola Novak
Nikola Novak

1 September 2019 in Applied Materials Today
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AMAleksander Matavž
Aleksander Matavž
ABAndraž Bradeško
Andraž Bradeško
TRTadej Rojac
Tadej Rojac
BMBarbara Malič
Barbara Malič
VBVid Bobnar
Vid Bobnar