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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Nano-engineered thin-film thermoelectric materials enable practical solid-state refrigeration [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsRefrigeration needs are increasing worldwide with a demand for alternates to bulky poorly scalable vapor compression systems. Here, we demonstrate the first proof of practical solid-state refrigeration, using nano-engineered controlled hierarchically ...
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Solid-state laser refrigeration of a composite semiconductor Yb:YLiF4 optomechanical resonator [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 Optically refrigerated resonators may be useful in optical devices and exploring quantum effects. Here, the authors show laser refrigeration of a semiconductor mechanical oscillator Yb:YLF host crystal and lowering the thermal load temperature.
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Enhanced electrocaloric analysis and energy-storage performance of lanthanum modified lead titanate ceramics for potential solid-state refrigeration applications. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 The unique properties and great variety of relaxer ferroelectrics make them highly attractive in energy-storage and solid-state refrigeration technologies. In this work, lanthanum modified lead titanate ceramics are prepared and studied.
Zhang TF +6 more
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Quantum Point Defects for Solid‐State Laser Refrigeration [PDF]
Advanced Materials, 2020 AbstractHerein, the role that point defects have played over the last two decades in realizing solid‐state laser refrigeration is discussed. A brief introduction to the field of solid‐state laser refrigeration is given with an emphasis on the fundamental physical phenomena and quantized electronic transitions that have made solid‐state laser‐cooling ...
Xiaojing Xia +4 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 ‒
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Advanced materials for solid-state refrigeration [PDF]
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013 Featured ...
Mañosa, Lluís +2 more
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JPhys EnergyThe elastocaloric effect denotes the ability of a material to release or absorb heat when the material is stretched and released respectively. This effect may be used to design an alternative cooling device.
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Elastocaloric Performance of Natural Rubber: The Role of Nanoclay Addition [PDF]
MoleculesThis work investigates the effect of nanoclay addition—specifically natural montmorillonite (MMT) and organo-modified montmorillonite (O-MMT)—on the elastocaloric performance of natural rubber (NR), a promising material for solid-state cooling due to its
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Refrigeration down to 0.16 K using a frustrated magnet Gd2B2MoO9 [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMagnetic refrigeration, utilizing the magnetocaloric effect in solid-state magnets, has emerged as a promising cooling technology. The development of practical ultra-low-temperature magnetic refrigeration applications has been limited by the absence of ...
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