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 …

Effects of long-and short-range ferroelectric order on the electrocaloric effect in relaxor ferroelectric ceramics

J Li, J Li, S Qin, X Su, L Qiao, Y Wang, T Lookman… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
We study the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in a typical relaxor ferroelectric ceramic of Pb 0.91
La 0.06 Zr 0.8 Ti 0.2 O 3 by analyzing the respective contributions of long-range-ordered …

On the efficiency of caloric materials in direct comparison with exergetic grades of compressors

J Schipper, D Bach, S Mönch, C Molin… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Efficiency improvements in heat pump can drastically reduce global energy demand. Caloric
heat pumps are currently being investigated as a potentially more efficient alternative to …

An electrocaloric refrigerator with direct solid to solid regeneration

T Zhang, XS Qian, H Gu, Y Hou, QM Zhang - Applied Physics Letters, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Regenerative cooling has been used to improve the efficiency of refrigerators. Recently,
exploiting the easy controlling of the electric fields, a regenerative electrocaloric (EC) …

Direct electrocaloric characterization of ceramic films

U Prah, M Sadl, A Torello, P Lheritier… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable and accurate characterization of the electrocaloric effect is necessary to understand
the intrinsic properties of materials. To date, several methods are developed to directly …

Influence of structural evolution on electrocaloric effect in Bi0. 5Na0. 5TiO3-SrTiO3 ferroelectric ceramics

F Li, J Li, J Zhai, B Shen, S Li, M Zhou, K Zhao… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The electrocaloric effect (ECE) in lead-free relaxor ferroelectrics has gained significant
interest over the past decades. However, certain aspects of the ECE in relaxor ferroelectrics …

Enhancement of the electrocaloric effect over a wide temperature range in PLZT ceramics by do** with Gd3+ and Sn4+ ions

B Lu, Y Yao, X Jian, T Tao, B Liang, QM Zhang… - Journal of the European …, 2019 - Elsevier
The electrocaloric effect (ECE) in gadolinium and tin ions doped lead lanthanum zirconate
titanate ceramics was investigated. Five samples with different compositions and hence …

[HTML][HTML] Significantly enhanced electrocaloric effect by composition modulation in lead-free BaTiO3-based ceramics

Y Meng, S Tang, Z Wang, X Niu, H Zhang, D Wang… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The electrocaloric effect (ECE) offers a pathway to environmentally sustainable and easily
miniaturized refrigeration technology, positioning it as a front-runner for the next generation …

(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3‐based lead‐free co‐fired multilayer actuators with large strain and high fatigue resistance

H Zhang, W Ma, B **e, L Zhang, S Dong… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐strain multilayer actuators (MLAs) were fabricated by tape‐casting 0.91 (Na1/2 Bi1/2)
TiO3–0.06 BaTiO3–0.03 AgNbO3 (NBT‐BT–3AN) lead‐free incipient piezoceramics co‐fired …

Enhanced electrocaloric effect of relaxor potassium sodium niobate lead-free ceramic via multilayer structure

J Yang, Y Zhao, L Zhu, X Hao - Scripta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Herein, 0.9 (K 0.49 Na 0.49 Li 0.02)(Nb 0.8 Ta 0.2) O 3–0.1 CaZrO 3 (KNLNT–0.1
CZ) relaxor system in multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) are designed to attain elevated …