20.500.12556/DiRROS-29680 Roadmap for electrocaloric films characterization The development of electrocaloric (EC) elements for cooling technologies has progressed by integrating the EC layers onto various substrates. However, a precise understanding of heat losses on direct characterization methods is still lacking, particularly in the infrared (IR) camera method. In this work, we perform numerical simulations on EC film structures to benchmark the substrate influence on the cooling output of the structure for characterization purposes. Substrates with low thermal effusivity (≤3 kW ▫$s^{1/2} m^{−2} K^{−1}$▫) exhibit minimal influence on the output of films. Simulations were also performed to investigate the impact of EC film and black-paint coating thicknesses on the correction factor for IR characterization methods. A single-digit correction factor can be achieved if the EC film is thicker than the coating. Our results offer a roadmap for designing EC structures for cooling at the micro-to-nano scales. simulation in materials science materials characterization techniques films IR thermography thin-film coatings electrocaloric elements znanost o materialih simulacija karakterizacija materialov premazi IR termografija tankoslojni nanosi elektrokalorični elementi true false true Elsevier Nizozemska Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2026 The Authors. Neznano 2026-06-03 09:40:50 2026-06-03 09:40:50 2026-06-04 04:04:38 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 28. 5. 2026; Soavtorji: Urban Tomc, Andrej Kitanovski, Hana Uršič; str. 1-8, e1 issue 6, [article no.] 115965 Vol. 29 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2026-01-05 2026-04-28 2026-05-22 620.1:621.384.3 2589-0042 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115965 279632131 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004226013404 1 8c209311-5f1f-11f1-9215-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=44567 RAZ_Regis_de_Moraes_Victor_2026.pdf RAZ_Regis_de_Moraes_Victor_2026.pdf 1 A213BD561FB0648B35FC49EC18531D5F c8293ecc66680d9937b03eb0b90c4bab4e975c8c209eae3fc7ff943d56519ff4 48d03438-5f20-11f1-9215-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=44569 Institut Jožef Stefan 0 0 0