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Abstract

Structural Cork in Ferroelectric Solid-State Devices by Scanning Kelvin Probe †

by
António Nuno Guerreiro
1 and
Maria Helena Braga
2,*
1
Engineering Physics Department, FEUP, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
2
LAETA-INEGI, Engineering Physics Department, FEUP, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the Materiais 2022, Marinha Grande, Portugal, 10–13 April 2022.
Mater. Proc. 2022, 8(1), 114; https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022008114
Published: 6 July 2022
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of MATERIAIS 2022)
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Energy is a pillar in the socio-economic organization of modern society. In the last decade, we have had the development and implementation of new and various ways of generating energy, aiming for the production of clean energy with a subsequent reduction in fossil fuel dependency. Consequently, a wide range of products with electrical autonomy, from nanotechnology, wearables, cellphones, and laptops to vehicles, have been developed at a quick pace. In this scenario, energy storage and batteries are of paramount importance. The development of these areas is extremely relevant. The search for new and innovative materials makes the batteries more efficient, clean, and cheaper.
Cork is mostly used for making wine bottle stoppers. Nonetheless, it is used in vast and diverse areas such as construction, fashion industries, vehicles, and the aerospace industry. The objective of this project is to study cork [1] as a valuable and promising material for usage in structural batteries based on solid ferroelectric electrolytes [2,3].
The technique utilized for the study of the cork and structural batteries is the scanning Kelvin probe (SKP), a non-invasive technique that allows the electrochemical study of the surface of the cork by itself or combined with other materials [4,5]. Here we use the SKP technique in the research of various materials and cells that may prove to be innovative for obtaining better structural batteries (Figure 1) [2].

Author Contributions

Cell fabrication and SKP experiments: A.N.G.; conceptualization, formal analysis, supervision: M.H.B. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology FCT UIDP/50022/2020 Emerging Technologies—LAETA and by the MatER project.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The authors will provide the data after a reasonable request.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

References

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Figure 1. Surface topography by capacitive surface tracking (CST) and SKP of the surface of a Cu tape/cork junction; (a) CST and (b) SKP.
Figure 1. Surface topography by capacitive surface tracking (CST) and SKP of the surface of a Cu tape/cork junction; (a) CST and (b) SKP.
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Guerreiro, A.N.; Braga, M.H. Structural Cork in Ferroelectric Solid-State Devices by Scanning Kelvin Probe. Mater. Proc. 2022, 8, 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022008114

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Guerreiro AN, Braga MH. Structural Cork in Ferroelectric Solid-State Devices by Scanning Kelvin Probe. Materials Proceedings. 2022; 8(1):114. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022008114

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Guerreiro, António Nuno, and Maria Helena Braga. 2022. "Structural Cork in Ferroelectric Solid-State Devices by Scanning Kelvin Probe" Materials Proceedings 8, no. 1: 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022008114

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Guerreiro, A. N., & Braga, M. H. (2022). Structural Cork in Ferroelectric Solid-State Devices by Scanning Kelvin Probe. Materials Proceedings, 8(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022008114

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