In:
Nature Communications, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 12, No. 1 ( 2021-09-24)
Abstract:
Electrocaloric effect driven by electric fields displays great potential in realizing highly efficient solid-state refrigeration. Nevertheless, most known electrocaloric materials exhibit relatively poor cooling performance near room temperature, which hinders their further applications. The emerging family of hybrid perovskite ferroelectrics, which exhibits superior structural diversity, large heat exchange and broad property tenability, offers an ideal platform. Herein, we report an exceptionally large electrocaloric effect near room temperature in a designed hybrid perovskite ferroelectric [(CH 3 ) 2 CHCH 2 NH 3 ] 2 PbCl 4 , which exhibits a sharp first-order phase transition at 302 K, superior spontaneous polarization ( 〉 4.8 μ C/cm 2 ) and relatively small coercive field ( 〈 15 kV/cm). Strikingly, a large isothermal entropy change Δ S of 25.64 J/kg/K and adiabatic temperature change Δ T of 11.06 K under a small electric field Δ E of 29.7 kV/cm at room temperature are achieved, with giant electrocaloric strengths of isothermal Δ S /Δ E of 0.86 J·cm/kg/K/kV and adiabatic Δ T /Δ E of 370 mK·cm/kV, which is larger than those of traditional ferroelectrics. This work presents a general approach to the design of hybrid perovskite ferroelectrics, as well as provides a family of candidate materials with potentially prominent electrocaloric performance for room temperature solid-state refrigeration.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2041-1723
DOI:
10.1038/s41467-021-25644-x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2021
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