Dr Daniel Zabek

2023

• Hannon, N., Harrison, C., Krasny, M. and Zabek, D. 2023. Liquid vibration energy harvesting device using ferrofluids. Micromachines 14(8), article number: 1588. (10.3390/mi14081588)

2021

• Zabek, D., Pullin, R., Pearson, M., Grzebielec, A. and Skoczkowski, T. 2021. Piezoelectric-silicone structure for vibration energy harvesting: testing and modelling. Smart Materials and Structures 30(3), article number: 35002. (10.1088/1361-665X/abd964)

2019

• Zabek, D., Grzebielec, A., Cmok, L., Boštjančič, P. H. and Mertelj, A. 2019. Two-phase ferrofluid systems: surfactants and thermal properties of iron oxide nanofluids for condensation. Presented at: 14th Research & Development in Power Engineering (RDPE 2019), Warsaw, Poland, 3-6 December 2019, Vol. 137. EDP Sciences pp. 1-4., (10.1051/e3sconf/201913701015)
• Zabek, D. and Morini, F. 2019. Solid state generators and energy harvesters for waste heat recovery and thermal energy harvesting. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 9, pp. 235-247. (10.1016/j.tsep.2018.11.011)

2018

• Beasley, A. E., Bowen, C. R., Zabek, D. A. and Clarke, C. T. 2018. Use it or lose it: The influence of second order effects of practical components on storing energy harvested by pyroelectric effects. tm-Technisches Messen 85(9), pp. 533-540. (10.1515/teme-2017-0075)

2017

• Zabek, D., Taylor, J., Ayel, V., Bertin, Y., Romestant, C. and Bowen, C. R. 2017. A novel pyroelectric generator utilising naturally driven temperature fluctuations from oscillating heat pipes for waste heat recovery and thermal energy harvesting. Journal of Applied Physics 120(2) (10.1063/1.4958338)
• Zabek, D., Seunarine, K., Spacie, C. and Bowen, C. 2017. Graphene ink laminate structures on poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) for pyroelectric thermal energy harvesting and waste heat recovery. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9(10), pp. 9161-9167. (10.1021/acsami.6b16477)

2016

• Xie, M., Zabek, D., Bowen, C., Abdelmageed, M. and Arafa, M. 2016. Wind-driven pyroelectric energy harvesting device. Smart Materials and Structures 25(12), article number: 125023. (10.1088/0964-1726/25/12/125023)
• Zabek, D., Taylor, J. and Bowen, C. R. 2016. Characterization and modeling of meshed electrodes on free standing polyvilylidene difluoride (PVDF) films for enhanced pyroelectric energy harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 63(10), pp. 1681-1689. (10.1109/TUFFC.2016.2606127)

2015

• Zabek, D., Bowen, C. R. and Taylor, J. 2015. Electrical capacitance with meshed electrodes for piezo-and pyro-electric energy harvesting applications. Presented at: IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric (ISAF), International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF), and Piezoelectric Force Microscopy Workshop (PFM), Singapore, 24-27 May 20152015 Joint IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric (ISAF), International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF), and Piezoelectric Force Microscopy Workshop (PFM). IEEE pp. 83-86., (10.1109/ISAF.2015.7172674)
• Zabek, D., Taylor, J., Le Boulbar, E. and Bowen, C. R. 2015. Micropatterning of flexible and free standing polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) films for enhanced pyroelectric energy transformation. Advanced Energy Materials 5(8), article number: 1401891. (10.1002/aenm.201401891)
• Bowen, C. R., Taylor, J., Le Boulbar, E., Zabek, D. and Topolov, V. Y. 2015. A modified figure of merit for pyroelectric energy harvesting. Materials Letters 138, pp. 243-246. (10.1016/j.matlet.2014.10.004)

2014

• Bowen, C. R., Taylor, J., LeBoulbar, E., Zabek, D., Chauhan, A. and Vaish, R. 2014. Pyroelectric materials and devices for energy harvesting applications. Energy and Environmental Science 7(12), pp. 3836-3856. (10.1039/C4EE01759E)
• Zabek, D., Taylor, J. and Bowen, C. R. 2014. Performance of thin film polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) for pyroelectric energy harvesting. Presented at: IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric, International Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices & Workshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy, State College, PA, USA, 12-16 May 20142014 Joint IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric, International Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices & Workshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy. IEEE, (10.1109/ISAF.2014.6923020)

2013

• Zabek, D., Penton, J. and Reay, D. 2013. Optimization of waste heat utilization in oil field development employing a transcritical Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for electricity generation. Applied Thermal Engineering 59(1-2), pp. 363-369. (10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.06.001)