Calls to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and demands for higher energy efficiency
continue to drive research into alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The caloric …

Ferroelectric materials are currently some of the most widely applied material systems and
are constantly generating improved functions with higher efficiencies. Advancements in poly …

Magnetic refrigeration technology based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of magnetic
substances has been considered a prominent, energy‐efficient, and environmentally benign …

Developing zero–global warming potential refrigerants has emerged as one area that helps
address global climate change concerns. Various high-efficiency caloric cooling techniques …

The high global warming potential of current refrigerants in cooling equipment based on the
vapor-compression cycle has triggered a major effort to find and implement more …

In recent years, elastocaloric cooling has shown great potential as an alternative to vapor-
compression refrigeration. However, there is still no existing elastocaloric device that offers …

The increasing need to cool the air in our built environment is both a cause and an effect of
climate change. Air conditioning accounts for a large portion of global greenhouse gas …

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 …

Cooling through solid-state electrocaloric materials is an attractive replacement for vapor
compression. Despite recent efforts, devices that are potentially commercially competitive …

Cross phenomena, representing responses of a system to external stimuli, are ubiquitous
from quantum to macro scales. The Onsager theorem is often used to describe them, stating …