Elastocaloric, barocaloric and magnetocaloric effects in spin crossover polymer composite films [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsGiant barocaloric effects were recently reported for spin-crossover materials. The volume change in these materials suggests that the transition can be influenced by uniaxial stress, and give rise to giant elastocaloric properties.
Klara Lünser +10 more
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Giant adiabatic temperature change and its direct measurement of a barocaloric effect in a charge-transfer solid [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Solid refrigerants exhibiting a caloric effect upon applying external stimuli are receiving attention as one of the next-generation refrigeration technologies.
Shin-ichi Ohkoshi +16 more
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Colossal and reversible barocaloric effect in liquid-solid-transition materials n-alkanes [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Barocaloric effect, previously reported in solid-solid phase transition materials, offers a green alternative to current cooling technology. Here the authors report colossal BCE in n-alkanes associated with liquid–solid transition.
Jianchao Lin +8 more
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Barocaloric effect on graphene. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 AbstractWe describe how mechanical strain is able to control the flow of heat on a graphene sheet, since this material can either absorb or expel heat from/to a thermal reservoir, depending on the strain energy. In a similar fashion as the magneto- and electro-caloric effects, the present case considers the fact that a mechanical strain produces a ...
Ma N, Reis MS.
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Giant barocaloric effects in formamidinium iodide [PDF]
APL Materials, 2022 Barocaloric effect is the thermal response of materials to the external pressures, which provides a promising alternative to the current vapor-compression refrigeration. The effect has been widely observed in a variety of materials. Here, we report giant
Chenyang Yu +7 more
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Thermal batteries based on inverse barocaloric effects. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2023 To harvest and reuse low-temperature waste heat, we propose and realize an emergent concept—barocaloric thermal batteries based on the large inverse barocaloric effect of ammonium thiocyanate (NH 4 SCN). Thermal charging is initialized upon pressurization through an order-to-disorder phase transition, and the ...
Zhang Z +23 more
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Giant barocaloric effect in commercial polyurethane
Polymer Testing, 2021 Barocaloric effect in polymers is barely recognized and limited to a few reports in the literature. This effect consists of a thermal response of the material when a hydrostatic pressure is applied, allowing its application in the field of solid-state ...
Jean Rodrigo Bocca +9 more
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Ultrasensitive barocaloric material for room-temperature solid-state refrigeration [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 A small driving pressure is desirable for practical application of barocaloric materials. Here, the authors demonstrate a sensitive barocaloric effect in NH4I due to strong reorientation-vibration coupling.
Qingyong Ren +11 more
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Low pressure reversibly driving colossal barocaloric effect in two-dimensional vdW alkylammonium halides [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPlastic crystals as barocaloric materials exhibit the large entropy change rivalling freon, however, the limited pressure-sensitivity and large hysteresis of phase transition hinder the colossal barocaloric effect accomplished reversibly at low pressure.
Yi-Hong Gao +18 more
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All-temperature barocaloric effects at pressure-induced phase transitions [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsCaloric effects, which underpin one solution to solid-state refrigeration technologies, usually occur in the vicinity of solid-state phase transitions with a limited refrigeration temperature span. Here, we introduce and realize an unprecedented concept ‒
Xueting Zhao +14 more
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