Ultrasensitive barocaloric material for room-temperature solid-state refrigeration

A small driving pressure is desirable for practical application of barocaloric materials. Here, the authors demonstrate a sensitive barocaloric effect in NH4I due to strong reorientation-vibration coupling.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qingyong Ren, Ji Qi, Dehong Yu, Zhe Zhang, Ruiqi Song, Wenli Song, Bao Yuan, Tianhao Wang, Weijun Ren, Zhidong Zhang, Xin Tong, Bing Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29997-9
Description
Summary:A small driving pressure is desirable for practical application of barocaloric materials. Here, the authors demonstrate a sensitive barocaloric effect in NH4I due to strong reorientation-vibration coupling.
ISSN:2041-1723