Giant barocaloric effects over a wide temperature range in superionic conductor AgI

Current interest in barocaloric effects has been stimulated by the discovery that these pressure-driven thermal changes can be giant near ferroic phase transitions in materials that display magnetic or electrical order. Here we demonstrate giant inverse barocaloric effects in the solid electrolyte A...

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Autores: Aznar, Araceli, Lloveras, Pol, Romanini, Michela, Barrio, María, Tamarit, Josep Lluís, Cazorla, Claudio, Errandonea, Daniel, Mathur, Neil D., Planes Vila, Antoni, Moya Raposo, Xavier, Mañosa, Lluís
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/192161
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/192161
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciència dels materials
Propietats tèrmiques
Propietats magnètiques
Materials science
Thermal properties
Magnetic properties
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Sumario:Current interest in barocaloric effects has been stimulated by the discovery that these pressure-driven thermal changes can be giant near ferroic phase transitions in materials that display magnetic or electrical order. Here we demonstrate giant inverse barocaloric effects in the solid electrolyte AgI, near its superionic phase transition at similar to 420 K. Over a wide range of temperatures, hydrostatic pressure changes of 2.5 kbar yield large and reversible barocaloric effects, resulting in large values of refrigerant capacity. Moreover, the peak values of isothermal entropy change (60 J K-1 kg(-1) or 0.34 J K-1 cm(-3)) and adiabatic temperature changes (18 K), which we identify for a starting temperature of 390 K, exceed all values previously recorded for barocaloric materials. Our work should therefore inspire the study of barocaloric effects in a wide range of solid electrolytes, as well as the parallel development of cooling devices.