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 …

Since the discovery of giant electrocaloric effects, researchers are intensively studying
electrocaloric cooling as an alternative to vapor compression systems to develop more …

Solid-state cooling technology based on electrocaloric effect (ECE) has been advanced as
an alternative to replace the vapour-compression approach to overcome the releasing of the …

Alternative methods of refrigeration are critical for performance optimization and environ-
mental sustainability. Prototype systems using caloric materials have shown the advantages …

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 …

A refrigeration system composed of silicon MEMS cooling elements is designed based on
the electrocaloric (EC) effect in a P (VDF–TrFE–CFE) terpolymer, poly (vinylidene fluoride …

The performance parameters for characterizing the electrocaloric effect are isothermal
entropy change and the adiabatic temperature change, respectively. This paper reviews the …

Electrocaloric refrigeration is one of the most promising environmentally‐friendly
technologies to replace current cooling platforms—if a notable electrocaloric effect (ECE) is …

The elastocaloric effect is defined as the entropy change of a material when subjected to an
external mechanical excitation. This article describes the elastocaloric effect of a natural …

In the context of solid-state-cooling, the elastocaloric effect offers a very large controlled
entropy change based in low-cost polymers, especially natural rubber which is …