Caloric materials for cooling and heating

X Moya, ND Mathur - Science, 2020 - science.org
Magnetically driven thermal changes in magnetocaloric materials have, for several decades,
been exploited to pump heat near room temperature. By contrast, their electrocaloric and …

A biodegradable and recyclable piezoelectric sensor based on a molecular ferroelectric embedded in a bacterial cellulose hydrogel

J Lu, S Hu, W Li, X Wang, X Mo, X Gong, H Liu, W Luo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Currently, various electronic devices make our life more and more safe, healthy, and
comfortable, but at the same time, they produce a large amount of nondegradable and …

Superior energy-storage performance in 0.85 Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3–0.15 NaNbO 3 lead-free ferroelectric ceramics via composition and microstructure engineering

C Zhang, W Xiao, F Zeng, D Su, K Du, S Qiu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dielectric energy storage materials and capacitors are one of the key components for power
electronics. Although strenuous efforts have been made to explore high-performance energy …

The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties

Q Pan, ZX Gu, RJ Zhou, ZJ Feng, YA Xiong… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferroelectricity, which has diverse important applications such as memory elements,
capacitors, and sensors, was first discovered in a molecular compound, Rochelle salt, in …

A metal-free molecular antiferroelectric material showing high phase transition temperatures and large electrocaloric effects

H Xu, W Guo, J Wang, Y Ma, S Han, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antiferroelectric (AFE) materials, featuring an antiparallel alignment of electric dipoles in the
adjacent sublattices, are keeping a great promise toward solid-state refrigeration …

Giant Room-Temperature Electrocaloric Effect of Polymer-Ceramic Composites with Orientated BaSrTiO3 Nanofibers

K Zou, C Shao, P Bai, C Zhang, Y Yang, R Guo… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cooling based on the electrocaloric effect (ECE) is a promising solution to environmental
and energy efficiency problems of vapor-compression refrigeration. Ferroelectric polymer …

Proton-controlled molecular ionic ferroelectrics

Y Huang, JL Gottfried, A Sarkar, G Zhang, H Lin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular ferroelectric materials consist of organic and inorganic ions held together by
hydrogen bonds, electrostatic forces, and van der Waals interactions. However, ionically …

Designed Giant Room‐Temperature Electrocaloric Effects in Metal‐Free Organic Perovskite [MDABCO](NH4)I3 by Phase–Field Simulations

R Gao, X Shi, J Wang, G Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving a colossal room‐temperature electrocaloric effect is essential for practical solid‐
state refrigeration applications with low‐cost and high‐efficiency. Here, through the design …

Superior energy storage performance in antiferroelectric multilayer ceramics via heterogeneous interface structure engineering

Y Yang, Z Dou, K Zou, W Dong, W Luo, Q Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dielectric ceramics are desired for pulse power electronic systems owing to their high power
density. However, there are obstacles in the simultaneous enhancement of energy density …

Enhanced Electrocaloric Effect of Lead Scandium Tantalate by Zirconium Doping

Y Lu, X Sun, M Zhao, S Jiao, D Li, P Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The electrocaloric effect (ECE) is a novel technology that offers high efficiency and
environmental friendliness, making it suitable for solid-state refrigeration applications …