concept—barocaloric thermal batteries based on the large inverse barocaloric effect of
ammonium thiocyanate (NH4SCN). Thermal charging is initialized upon pressurization
through an order-to-disorder phase transition, and the discharging of 43 J g− 1 takes place
at depressurization, which is 11 times more than the input mechanical energy. The
thermodynamic equilibrium nature of the pressure-restrained heat-carrying phase …