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Lv BH, Xiang HY, Gao S, Guo YX, Yang JH, Zou NF, Zhao X, Li Z, Yang B, Jia N, Yan HL, Zuo L. Realization of Large Low-Stress Elastocaloric Effect in TiZrNbAl Alloy. Materials (Basel) 2024; 17:885. [PMID: 38399136 PMCID: PMC10889978 DOI: 10.3390/ma17040885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Seeking novel high-performance elastocaloric materials with low critical stress plays a crucial role in advancing the development of elastocaloric refrigeration technology. Here, as a first attempt, the elastocaloric effect of TiZrNbAl shape memory alloy at both room temperature and finite temperatures ranging from 245 K to 405 K, is studied systematically. Composition optimization shows that Ti-19Zr-14Nb-1Al (at.%), possessing excellent room-temperature superelasticity with a critical stress of around 100 MPa and a small stress hysteresis of around 70 MPa and outstanding fracture resistance with a compressive strain of 20% and stress of 1.7 GPa, demonstrates a substantial advantage as an elastocaloric refrigerant. At room temperature, a large adiabatic temperature change (ΔTad) of -6.7 K is detected, which is comparable to the highest value reported in the Ti-based alloys. A high elastocaloric cyclic stability, with almost no degradation of ΔTad after 4000 cycles, is observed. Furthermore, the sizeable elastocaloric effect can be steadily expanded from 255 K to 395 K with a temperature window of as large as 140 K. A maximum ΔTad of -7.9 K appears at 355 K. The present work demonstrates a promising potential of TiZrNbAl as a low critical stress and low hysteresis elastocaloric refrigerant.
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- Bang-He Lv
- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (L.Z.)
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Ye L, Sun Y, Sunko V, Rodriguez-Nieva JF, Ikeda MS, Worasaran T, Sorensen ME, Bachmann MD, Orenstein J, Fisher IR. Elastocaloric signatures of symmetric and antisymmetric strain-tuning of quadrupolar and magnetic phases in DyB 2C 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2302800120. [PMID: 37607225 PMCID: PMC10468613 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2302800120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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The adiabatic elastocaloric effect measures the temperature change of a given system with strain and provides a thermodynamic probe of the entropic landscape in the temperature-strain space. Here, we demonstrate that the DC bias strain-dependence of AC elastocaloric effect allows decomposition of the latter into symmetric (rotation-symmetry-preserving) and antisymmetric (rotation-symmetry-breaking) strain channels, using a tetragonal [Formula: see text]-electron intermetallic DyB[Formula: see text]C[Formula: see text]-whose antiferroquadrupolar order breaks local fourfold rotational symmetries while globally remaining tetragonal-as a showcase example. We capture the strain evolution of its quadrupolar and magnetic phase transitions using both singularities in the elastocaloric coefficient and its jumps at the transitions, and the latter we show follows a modified Ehrenfest relation. We find that antisymmetric strain couples to the underlying order parameter in a biquadratic (linear-quadratic) manner in the antiferroquadrupolar (canted antiferromagnetic) phase, which are attributed to a preserved (broken) global tetragonal symmetry, respectively. The broken tetragonal symmetry in the magnetic phase is further evidenced by elastocaloric strain-hysteresis and optical birefringence. Additionally, within the staggered quadrupolar order, the observed elastocaloric response reflects a quadratic increase of entropy with antisymmetric strain, analogous to the role magnetic field plays for Ising antiferromagnetic orders by promoting pseudospin flips. Our results demonstrate AC elastocaloric effect as a compact and incisive thermodynamic probe into the coupling between electronic degrees of freedom and strain in free energy, which holds the potential for investigating and understanding the symmetry of a wide variety of ordered phases in broader classes of quantum materials.
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- Linda Ye
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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Ma S, Zhang X, Zheng G, Qian M, Geng L. Toughening of Ni-Mn-Based Polycrystalline Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:5725. [PMID: 37630016 PMCID: PMC10456285 DOI: 10.3390/ma16165725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Solid-state refrigeration technology is expected to replace conventional gas compression refrigeration technology because it is environmentally friendly and highly efficient. Among various solid-state magnetocaloric materials, Ni-Mn-based ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (SMAs) have attracted widespread attention due to their multifunctional properties, such as their magnetocaloric effect, elastocaloric effect, barocaloric effect, magnetoresistance, magnetic field-induced strain, etc. Recently, a series of in-depth studies on the thermal effects of Ni-Mn-based magnetic SMAs have been carried out, and numerous research results have been obtained. It has been found that poor toughness and cyclic stability greatly limit the practical application of magnetic SMAs in solid-state refrigeration. In this review, the influences of element doping, microstructure design, and the size effect on the strength and toughness of Ni-Mn-based ferromagnetic SMAs and their underlying mechanisms are systematically summarized. The pros and cons of different methods in enhancing the toughness of Ni-Mn-based SMAs are compared, and the unresolved issues are analyzed. The main research directions of Ni-Mn-based ferromagnetic SMAs are proposed and discussed, which are of scientific and technological significance and could promote the application of Ni-Mn-based ferromagnetic SMAs in various fields.
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- Siyao Ma
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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Candau N, Zimny A, Vives E, Maspoch ML. Elastocaloric Waste/Natural Rubber Materials with Various Crosslink Densities. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15112566. [PMID: 37299363 DOI: 10.3390/polym15112566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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The characterization of the mechanical behavior of elastocaloric materials is essential to identify their viability in heating/cooling devices. Natural rubber (NR) is a promising elastocaloric (eC) polymer as it requires low external stress to induce a wide temperature span, ΔT. Nonetheless, solutions are needed to further improve DT, especially when targeting cooling applications. To this aim, we designed NR-based materials and optimized the specimen thickness, the density of their chemical crosslinks, and the quantity of ground tire rubber (GTR) used as reinforcing fillers. The eC properties under a single and cyclic loading conditions of the resulting vulcanized rubber composites were investigated via the measure of the heat exchange at the specimen surface using infrared thermography. The highest eC performance was found with the specimen geometry with the lowest thickness (0.6 mm) and a GTR content of 30 wt.%. The maximum temperature span under single interrupted cycle and multiple continuous cycles were equal to 12 °C and 4 °C, respectively. These results were assumed to be related to more homogeneous curing in these materials and to a higher crosslink density and GTR content which both act as nucleating elements for the strain-induced crystallization at the origin of the eC effect. This investigation would be of interest for the design of eC rubber-based composites in eco-friendly heating/cooling devices.
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- Nicolas Candau
- Departament de Ciència i Enginyeria de Materials (CEM), Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona-Est (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC), Av. Eduard Maristany 16, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència i Enginyeria de Materials (CEM), Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona-Est (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC), Av. Eduard Maristany 16, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS), University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència i Enginyeria de Materials (CEM), Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona-Est (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC), Av. Eduard Maristany 16, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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Ahčin Ž, Dall’Olio S, Žerovnik A, Baškovič UŽ, Porenta L, Kabirifar P, Cerar J, Zupan S, Brojan M, Klemenc J, Tušek J. High-performance cooling and heat pumping based on fatigue-resistant elastocaloric effect in compression. Joule 2022; 6:2338-2357. [PMID: 36312515 PMCID: PMC9612426 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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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 fatigue-resistant operation and yet high cooling/heat-pumping performance. Here, we introduce a new design of an elastocaloric regenerator based on compression-loaded Ni-Ti tubes, referred to as a shell-and-tube-like elastocaloric regenerator. Our regenerator design, which can operate in both cooling and heat-pumping modes, enables durable operation and record performance with a maximum temperature span of 31.3 K in heat-pumping mode or maximum heating/cooling powers of more than 60 W, equivalent to 4,400 W/kg of the elastocaloric material (at temperature span of 10 K). In terms of both maximum performance metrics, these results surpass all previously developed caloric (magnetocaloric, electrocaloric, and elastocaloric) devices and demonstrate the enormous potential of compression-loaded elastocaloric regenerators to be used in elastocaloric devices for a wide range of cooling and heat-pumping applications.
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- Žiga Ahčin
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Villa F, Bestetti E, Frigerio R, Caimi M, Tomasi C, Passaretti F, Villa E. Elastocaloric Properties of Polycrystalline Samples of NiMnGaCu Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy under Compression: Effect of Improvement of Thermoelastic Martensitic Transformation. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:7123. [PMID: 36295189 PMCID: PMC9607063 DOI: 10.3390/ma15207123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Shape memory alloys (SMAs) and ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FeSMAs) have recently attracted interest for solid state refrigeration applications. Among NiMnGa-based quaternary systems, NiMnGaCu exhibits an interesting giant magnetocaloric effect thanks to the overlapping of the temperatures related to the magnetic transition and the thermoelastic martensitic transformation (TMT); in particular, for compositions with Cu content of approximately 6 at%. In the present work, we investigated the improvement effect of TMT on the total entropy change (ΔS) in the elastocaloric performances of polycrystalline Ni50Mn18.5Cu6.5Ga25 at% alloy samples, just above room temperature. We report an extensive calorimetric and thermomechanical characterization to explore correlations between microstructural properties induced by the selected thermal treatment and elastocaloric response, aiming at providing the basis to develop more efficient materials based on this quaternary system. Both ΔT and ΔS values obtained from mechanical curves at different temperatures and strain recovery tests under fixed load vs. T were considered. Maximum values of ΔS = 55.9 J/KgK and ΔT = 4.5 K were attained with, respectively, a stress of 65 MPa and strain of 4%. The evaluation of the coefficient of performance (COP) was carried out from a cyclic test.
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- Francesca Villa
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica della Materia Condensata e di Tecnologie per l’Energia (CNR-ICMATE Sede di Lecco), Via G. Previati 1/e, 23900 Lecco, Italy
- Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica della Materia Condensata e di Tecnologie per l’Energia (CNR-ICMATE Sede di Genova), Area della Ricerca di Genova, Via De Marini 6, 16149 Genova, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica della Materia Condensata e di Tecnologie per l’Energia (CNR-ICMATE Sede di Lecco), Via G. Previati 1/e, 23900 Lecco, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica della Materia Condensata e di Tecnologie per l’Energia (CNR-ICMATE Sede di Lecco), Via G. Previati 1/e, 23900 Lecco, Italy
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Li D, Li Z, Zhang X, Liu C, Zhang G, Yang J, Yang B, Yan H, Cong D, Zhao X, Zuo L. Giant Elastocaloric Effect in Ni-Mn-Ga-Based Alloys Boosted by a Large Lattice Volume Change upon the Martensitic Transformation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:1505-1518. [PMID: 34949086 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c22235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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High-performance elastocaloric materials are highly sought in developing energy-efficient and environmentally friendly solid-state elastocaloric refrigeration. Here, we present an effective strategy to achieve a giant elastocaloric response by enlarging the lattice volume change ΔV/V0 upon the martensitic transformation. Using the Ni50Mn50 binary alloy as the prototype, a large transformation entropy change ΔStr can be tailored in the vicinity of room temperature by simultaneously doping Cu and Ga. Especially, the |ΔStr| values in the ⟨001⟩A-textured Ni30Cu20Mn39.5Ga10.5 and Ni30Cu20Mn39Ga11 alloys prepared by directional solidification can be as large as 47.5 and 46.7 Jkg-1 K-1, respectively, due to the significant ΔV/V0 values, i.e., 1.81 and 1.82%, respectively. Such enhanced ΔStr values thus yield giant ΔTad values of up to -23.5 and -19.3 K on removing the compressive stress in these two alloys, being much higher than those in Heusler-type alloys reported previously. Moreover, owing to the relatively low driving stress endowed by the highly textured microstructure, the specific adiabatic temperature change (|ΔTad/Δσmax|) in the present work can be as large as 77.2 K/GPa. This work is expected to provide new routes in designing high-performance elastocaloric materials with the combination of a giant elastocaloric response and low driving stress.
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- Dong Li
- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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Ikeda MS, Worasaran T, Rosenberg EW, Palmstrom JC, Kivelson SA, Fisher IR. Elastocaloric signature of nematic fluctuations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2105911118. [PMID: 34503998 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2105911118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The elastocaloric effect (ECE) relates changes in entropy to changes in strain experienced by a material. As such, ECE measurements can provide valuable information about the entropy landscape proximate to strain-tuned phase transitions. For ordered states that break only point symmetries, bilinear coupling of the order parameter with strain implies that the ECE can also provide a window on fluctuations above the critical temperature and hence, in principle, can also provide a thermodynamic measure of the associated susceptibility. To demonstrate this, we use the ECE to sensitively reveal the presence of nematic fluctuations in the archetypal Fe-based superconductor Ba([Formula: see text])2[Formula: see text] By performing these measurements simultaneously with elastoresistivity in a multimodal fashion, we are able to make a direct and unambiguous comparison of these closely related thermodynamic and transport properties, both of which are sensitive to nematic fluctuations. As a result, we have uncovered an unanticipated doping dependence of the nemato-elastic coupling and of the magnitude of the scattering of low-energy quasi-particles by nematic fluctuations-while the former weakens, the latter increases dramatically with increasing doping.
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Seguí C, Torrens-Serra J, Cesari E, Lázpita P. Optimizing the Caloric Properties of Cu-Doped Ni-Mn-Ga Alloys. Materials (Basel) 2020; 13:E419. [PMID: 31963220 DOI: 10.3390/ma13020419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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With the purpose to optimize the functional properties of Heusler alloys for their use in solid-state refrigeration, the characteristics of the martensitic and magnetic transitions undergone by Ni50Mn25−xGa25Cux (x = 3–11) alloys have been studied. The results reveal that, for a Cu content of x = 5.5–7.5, a magnetostructural transition between paramagnetic austenite and ferromagnetic martensite takes place. In such a case, magnetic field and stress act in the same sense, lowering the critical combined fields to induce the transformation; moreover, magnetocaloric and elastocaloric effects are both direct, suggesting the use of combined fields to improve the overall refrigeration capacity of the alloy. Within this range of compositions, the measured transformation entropy is increased owing to the magnetic contribution to entropy, showing a maximum at composition x = 6, in which the magnetization jump at the transformation is the largest of the set. At the same time, the temperature hysteresis of the transformation displays a minimum at x = 6, attributed to the optimal lattice compatibility between austenite and martensite. We show that, among this system, the optimal caloric performance is found for the x = 6 composition, which displays high isothermal entropy changes (−36 J·kg−1·K−1 under 5 T and −8.5 J·kg−1·K−1 under 50 MPa), suitable working temperature (300 K), and low thermal hysteresis (3 K).
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Li Y, Zhao D, Liu J, Qian S, Li Z, Gan W, Chen X. Energy-Efficient Elastocaloric Cooling by Flexibly and Reversibly Transferring Interface in Magnetic Shape-Memory Alloys. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:25438-25445. [PMID: 29989401 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b07703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Elastocaloric cooling is currently under extensive study owing to its great potential to replace the conventional vapor-compression technique. In this work, by employing multiscale characterization approaches, including in situ neutron diffraction in a loading frame, in situ transmission electron microscopy observation at different temperatures, in situ synchrotron X-ray Laue microdiffraction, and high-resolution infrared thermal imaging, we have investigated the thermal and stress-induced martensitic transformation, the stability of superelastic behavior and the associated elastocaloric effect for a Heusler-type Ni50.0Fe19.0Ga27.1Co3.9 single crystal. On the basis of transformation from cubic austenite into monoclinic martensite with a flexibly and reversibly transferring interface, this unique single crystal exhibits a giant elastocaloric effect of 11 K and ultralow fatigue behavior during above 12 000 mechanical cycles. The numerical simulation shows that the Ni50.0Fe19.0Ga27.1Co3.9 alloy offers 18% energy saving potential and 70% cooling capacity enhancement potential compared to the conventional shape-memory nitinol alloy in a single-stage elastocaloric cooling system, making it a great candidate for energy-efficient air conditioner applications.
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- Yang Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo 315201 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo 315201 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19 A Yuquan Rd , Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo 315201 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19 A Yuquan Rd , Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049 , China
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- Department of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education) , Northeastern University , Shenyang 110819 , China
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- German Engineering Materials Science Centre (GEMS) , Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) , Outstation at FRM II , Garching D-85748 , Germany
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , 00852 , Hong Kong
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Carbon nanotubes are famous for their many extraordinary properties. We use a thermodynamical approach, experimental data from the literature, and atomistic simulations to reveal one more remarkable property of the carbon nanotubes that has so far been overlooked. Namely, we predict the existence of very large elastocaloric effect that can reach up to 30 K under moderate loads. Potentially even larger values could be achieved under extreme loads, putting carbon nanotubes in the forefront of caloric materials. Other remarkable features of the elastocaloric effect in carbon nanotubes include linearity of elastocaloric temperature change in applied force (compressive or stretching), very weak dependence on the temperature, and an absence of hysteresis. Such features are extremely desirable for practical applications in cooling devices. Moreover, a similarly large elastocaloric effect is predicted for the graphene. The prediction of a large elastocaloric effect in carbon nanotubes and graphene sets forward an unconventional strategy of targeting materials with moderate caloric responses but the ability to withstand very large loads.
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- Sergey Lisenkov
- Department of Physics, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology , Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175005, India
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- School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology , Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175005, India
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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Qian S, Geng Y, Wang Y, Pillsbury TE, Hada Y, Yamaguchi Y, Fujimoto K, Hwang Y, Radermacher R, Cui J, Yuki Y, Toyotake K, Takeuchi I. Elastocaloric effect in CuAlZn and CuAlMn shape memory alloys under compression. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2016; 374:rsta.2015.0309. [PMID: 27402936 PMCID: PMC4938068 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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This paper reports the elastocaloric effect of two Cu-based shape memory alloys: Cu68Al16Zn16 (CuAlZn) and Cu73Al15Mn12 (CuAlMn), under compression at ambient temperature. The compression tests were conducted at two different rates to approach isothermal and adiabatic conditions. Upon unloading at a strain rate of 0.1 s(-1) (adiabatic condition) from 4% strain, the highest adiabatic temperature changes (ΔTad) of 4.0 K for CuAlZn and 3.9 K for CuAlMn were obtained. The maximum stress and hysteresis at each strain were compared. The stress at the maximum recoverable strain of 4.0% for CuAlMn was 120 MPa, which is 70% smaller than that of CuAlZn. A smaller hysteresis for the CuAlMn alloy was also obtained, about 70% less compared with the CuAlZn alloy. The latent heat, determined by differential scanning calorimetry, was 4.3 J g(-1) for the CuAlZn alloy and 5.0 J g(-1) for the CuAlMn alloy. Potential coefficients of performance (COPmat) for these two alloys were calculated based on their physical properties of measured latent heat and hysteresis, and a COPmat of approximately 13.3 for CuAlMn was obtained.This article is part of the themed issue 'Taking the temperature of phase transitions in cool materials'.
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- Suxin Qian
- Department of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Center for Environmental Energy Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Center for Environmental Energy Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Japan Copper Development Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Pecharsky VK, Cui J, Johnson DD. (Magneto)caloric refrigeration: is there light at the end of the tunnel? Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2016; 374:rsta.2015.0305. [PMID: 27402923 PMCID: PMC4938064 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Caloric cooling and heat pumping rely on reversible thermal effects triggered in solids by magnetic, electric or stress fields. In the recent past, there have been several successful demonstrations of using first-order phase transition materials in laboratory cooling devices based on both the giant magnetocaloric and elastocaloric effects. All such materials exhibit non-equilibrium behaviours when driven through phase transformations by corresponding fields. Common wisdom is that non-equilibrium states should be avoided; yet, as we show using a model material exhibiting a giant magnetocaloric effect, non-equilibrium phase-separated states offer a unique opportunity to achieve uncommonly large caloric effects by very small perturbations of the driving field(s).This article is part of the themed issue 'Taking the temperature of phase transitions in cool materials'.
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- Vitalij K Pecharsky
- Ames Laboratory, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3020, USA
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- Ames Laboratory, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3020, USA
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- Ames Laboratory, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3020, USA
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Liu Y, Infante IC, Lou X, Bellaiche L, Scott JF, Dkhil B. Giant room-temperature elastocaloric effect in ferroelectric ultrathin films. Adv Mater 2014; 26:6132-6137. [PMID: 25042767 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201401935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Environmentally friendly ultrathin BaTiO3 capacitors can exhibit a giant stress-induced elastocaloric effect without hysteresis loss or Joule heating. By combining this novel elastocaloric effect with the intrinsic electrocaloric effect, an ideal refrigeration cycle with high performance (temperature change over 10 K with a wide working-temperature window of 60 K) at room temperature is proposed for future cooling applications.
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- Yang Liu
- Laboratoire Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides, UMR CNRS 8580, Ecole Centrale Paris, 92295, Châtenay-Malabry, France; Multi-disciplinary Materials Research Center, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China
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