Magnetically driven thermal changes in magnetocaloric materials have, for several decades,
been exploited to pump heat near room temperature. By contrast, their electrocaloric and …

Dielectric composites boost the family of energy storage and conversion materials as they
can take full advantage of both the matrix and filler. This review aims at summarizing the …

The human body must stay within a certain temperature range for comfort and safety.
However, challenges for thermoregulatory clothing exist for harsh application scenarios …

More than a decade of research on the electrocaloric (EC) effect has resulted in EC
materials and EC multilayer chips that satisfy a minimum EC temperature change of 5 K …

Electrocaloric cooling technologies, enabled by the discovery of the giant electrocaloric
effect in dielectrics more than a decade ago, represents a zero-global-warming-potential …

Understanding the dielectric breakdown behavior of polymer nanocomposites is crucial to
the design of high‐energy‐density dielectric materials with reliable performances. It is …

The electrocaloric effect demands the maximized degree of freedom (DOF) of polar domains
and the lowest energy barrier to facilitate the transition of polarization. However, optimization …

Thermophysiological comfort in humans is sought universally but seldom achieved due to
biological and physiological variances. Most people in developed parts of the world rely on …

It has been ten years since the discovery of the giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric
materials showed that it is possible to employ this effect for substantial cooling applications …

In recent years, several emerging technologies in the domain of solid-state physics have
been investigated as serious alternatives for future refrigeration, heat pum**, air …