KPF₆ Barocaloric Material

All-temperature cooling

This material exhibits reversible barocaloric effect across an exceptionally wide temperature range from 77.5 K to room temperature under pressure cycles up to 250 MPa, enabling single-stage cooling.

Zhao, Xueting · Zhang, Zhao · Hattori, Takanori · Wang, Jiantao · Li, Lingli · Wanwu, Li · Fan, Xiaoyan · Song, Ruiqi · Zhu, Jinlong · Liu, Peitao · Chen, Xingqiu · Zhang, Zhidong · Li, Bing

Nature Communications 2025

Specifications

释放
{'zh': '250', 'en': ''} MPa
释放
{'zh': '250', 'en': ''} MPa

Advantages

Temperature span from 77.5 to 300 K, potentially down to 4 K