Recent progress in the development of RE2TMTM'O6 double perovskite oxides for cryogenic magnetic refrigeration

L Li, M Yan - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The magnetic functional materials play a particularly important role in our modern society
and daily life. The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is at the basis of a solid state magnetic …

Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices

Y Li, W Li, T Han, X Zheng, J Li, B Li, S Fan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The demand for sophisticated tools and approaches in heat management and control has
triggered the fast development of fields that include conductive thermal metamaterials …

Magnetic properties and giant cryogenic magnetocaloric effect in B-site ordered antiferromagnetic Gd2MgTiO6 double perovskite oxide

Y Zhang, Y Tian, Z Zhang, Y Jia, B Zhang, M Jiang… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The magnetic refrigeration (MR) technology by utilizing the magnetocaloric (MC) effects of
magnetic solids have been realized to be a promising energy efficiency and environmentally …

High-performance multimode elastocaloric cooling system

S Qian, D Catalini, J Muehlbauer, B Liu, H Mevada… - Science, 2023 - science.org
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 emergence of considerable room temperature magnetocaloric performances in the transition metal high-entropy alloys

Y Zhang, P Xu, J Zhu, S Yan, J Zhang, L Li - Materials Today Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We herein investigated the structural, magnetic, and magnetocaloric properties of Mn 20 Al
20 Co 14 Fe 20+ x Cr 26-x high entropy (HE) alloys by experimental determination and first …

Materials, physics and systems for multicaloric cooling

H Hou, S Qian, I Takeuchi - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Calls to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and demands for higher energy efficiency
continue to drive research into alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The caloric …

Engineered disorder in CO2 photocatalysis

Z Li, C Mao, Q Pei, PN Duchesne, T He, M Xia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Light harvesting, separation of charge carriers, and surface reactions are three fundamental
steps that are essential for an efficient photocatalyst. Here we show that these steps in the …

Fluoropolymer ferroelectrics: Multifunctional platform for polar-structured energy conversion

X Qian, X Chen, L Zhu, QM Zhang - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ferroelectric materials are currently some of the most widely applied material systems and
are constantly generating improved functions with higher efficiencies. Advancements in poly …

Exploration of the rare-earth cobalt nickel-based magnetocaloric materials for hydrogen liquefaction

Y Zhang, J Ying, X Gao, Z Mo, J Shen, L Li - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetic refrigeration based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of magnetic solids has
been considered as an emerging technology for hydrogen liquefaction. However, the lack of …

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 …