A magnetically, electrically or mechanically responsive material can undergo significant
thermal changes near a ferroic phase transition when its order parameter is modified by the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

DOI: 10.1002/aenm. 201500361 up to 20-times larger cooling powers per mass compared to
gadolinium (Gd), a benchmark magnetocaloric material, with comparable coefficient-of …

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

The discovery of ferroelectric phenomenon in polymers in early 1970s has aroused
tremendous research interests in these soft materials with intriguing physical properties, and …

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Conventional refrigeration methods based on compression–expansion cycles of
greenhouse gases are environmentally threatening and cannot be miniaturized …

Electrocaloric materials are promising working bodies for caloric-based technologies,
suggested as an efficient alternative to the vapor compression systems. However, their …