Plastic crystals as barocaloric materials exhibit the large entropy change rivalling freon,
however, the limited pressure-sensitivity and large hysteresis of phase transition hinder the …

Minimizing the utilization of fossil fuels and mitigating CO 2 emissions are two of the most
significant worldwide concerns in the current century. The pervasive waste heat not only …

Heat is almost everywhere. Unlike electricity, which can be easily manipulated, the current
ability to control heat is still highly limited owing to spontaneous thermal dissipation imposed …

Plastic crystals PE (pentaerythritol) possess colossal barocaloric effect (BCE) that is
promising for solid-state refrigeration; however, the high phase transition temperature (> 400 …

Solid-state refrigeration using barocaloric materials is environmentally friendly and highly
efficient, making it a subject of global interest over the past decade. Here, we report giant …

Barocaloric (BC) materials provide cheaper and more energy efficient alternatives to
traditional refrigerants. Some liquid alkanes were recently shown to exhibit a colossal BC …

The atomic dynamic behaviors of formamidinium lead iodide [HC (NH2) 2PbI3] are critical
for understanding and improving photovoltaic performances. However, they remain unclear …

Barocaloric materials have attracted extensive attention for their promising applications in
low-carbon refrigeration technology. Given that the performances of barocaloric materials …

Barocaloric (BC) materials are a category of solid-state refrigerants with great potential for
use in future refrigerators. Here we reported the double BC effects in ferroelastic Pb 3 V 2 O …

Despite the emergence of colossal barocaloric materials with great potential to replace
environmentally unfriendly vapor-compression refrigerants, a scalable and cyclic reversible …