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Colossal Elastocaloric Effect in Ferroelastic Ni-Mn-Ti Alloys
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Energy-efficient and environment-friendly elastocaloric refrigeration, which is a promising replacement of the conventional vapor-compression refrigeration, requires extraordinary elastocaloric properties. Hitherto the largest elastocaloric effect is obtained in small-size films and wires of the prototype NiTi system. Here, we report a colossal elastocaloric effect, well exceeding that of NiTi alloys, in a class of bulk polycrystalline NiMn-based materials designed with the criterion of simultaneously having large volume change across phase transition and good mechanical properties. The reversible adiabatic temperature change reaches a strikingly high value of 31.5 K and the isothermal entropy change is as large as 45 J kg−1 K−1. The achievement of such a colossal elastocaloric effect in bulk polycrystalline materials should push a significant step forward towards large-scale elastocaloric refrigeration applications. Moreover, our design strategy may inspire the discovery of giant caloric effects in a broad range of ferroelastic materials.
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CONG, Daoyong, et al. Colossal Elastocaloric Effect in Ferroelastic Ni-Mn-Ti Alloys. Physical Review Letters. 2019. Vol. 122, num. 255703. ISSN 0031-9007. [consulted: 8 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/192115