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Solid-state cooling by elastocaloric polymer with uniform chain-lengths.

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Titel: Solid-state cooling by elastocaloric polymer with uniform chain-lengths.
Autoren: Zhang, Shixian, Yang, Quanling, Li, Chenjian, Fu, Yuheng, Zhang, Huaqing, Ye, Zhiwei, Zhou, Xingnan, Li, Qi, Wang, Tao, Wang, Shan, Zhang, Wenqing, Xiong, Chuanxi, Wang, Qing
Quelle: Nature Communications; 1/10/2022, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p
Schlagwörter: UNIFORM polymers, ADIABATIC temperature, COOLING, RUBBER, ELASTOMERS, POLYMERS
Abstract: Although the elastocaloric effect was found in natural rubber as early as 160 years ago, commercial elastocaloric refrigeration based on polymer elastomers has stagnated owing to their deficient elastocaloric effects and large extension ratios. Herein, we demonstrate that polymer elastomers with uniform molecular chain-lengths exhibit enormous elastocaloric effects through reversible conformational changes. An adiabatic temperature change of −15.3 K and an isothermal entropy change of 145 J kg−1 K−1, obtained from poly(styrene-b-ethylene-co-butylene-b-styrene) near room temperature, exceed those of previously reported elastocaloric polymers. A rotary-motion cooling device is tailored to high-strains characteristics of rubbers, which effectively discharges the cooling energy of polymer elastomers. Our work provides a strategy for the enhancement of elastocaloric effects and could promote the commercialization of solid-state cooling devices based on polymer elastomers. The elastocaloric effect was originally found in natural rubber, but the development of polymer based elastocaloric cooling still remains underdeveloped. Herein, the authors demonstrate that polymer elastomers with uniform molecular chain-lengths exhibit enormous elastocaloric effects through reversible conformational changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Although the elastocaloric effect was found in natural rubber as early as 160 years ago, commercial elastocaloric refrigeration based on polymer elastomers has stagnated owing to their deficient elastocaloric effects and large extension ratios. Herein, we demonstrate that polymer elastomers with uniform molecular chain-lengths exhibit enormous elastocaloric effects through reversible conformational changes. An adiabatic temperature change of −15.3 K and an isothermal entropy change of 145 J kg<sup>−1</sup> K<sup>−1</sup>, obtained from poly(styrene-b-ethylene-co-butylene-b-styrene) near room temperature, exceed those of previously reported elastocaloric polymers. A rotary-motion cooling device is tailored to high-strains characteristics of rubbers, which effectively discharges the cooling energy of polymer elastomers. Our work provides a strategy for the enhancement of elastocaloric effects and could promote the commercialization of solid-state cooling devices based on polymer elastomers. The elastocaloric effect was originally found in natural rubber, but the development of polymer based elastocaloric cooling still remains underdeveloped. Herein, the authors demonstrate that polymer elastomers with uniform molecular chain-lengths exhibit enormous elastocaloric effects through reversible conformational changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:20411723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-27746-y