Giant electrocaloric materials energy efficiency in highly ordered lead scandium tantalate

Youri Nouchokgwe; Pierre Lheritier; Chang-Hyo Hong; Alvar Torelló; Romain Faye; Wook Jo; Christian R. H. Bahl; Emmanuel Defay

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23354-y

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Giant electrocaloric materials energy efficiency in highly ordered lead scandium tantalate

Youri Nouchokgwe,
Pierre Lheritier,
Chang-Hyo Hong,
Alvar Torelló,
Romain Faye,
Wook Jo,
Christian R. H. Bahl,
Emmanuel Defay

Affiliations

Youri Nouchokgwe: Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Pierre Lheritier: Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Chang-Hyo Hong: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Alvar Torelló: Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Romain Faye: Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Wook Jo: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Christian R. H. Bahl: Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark
Emmanuel Defay: Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23354-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The intrinsic efficiency of electrocaloric materials has been largely overlooked. Here, the authors use the parameter materials efficiency as the figure of merit to rank caloric materials, reporting on the materials efficiency of highly ordered bulk lead scandium tantalate PST.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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