• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Inverse barocaloric effects in ferroelectric BaTiO3 ceramics
  • Contributor: Stern-Taulats, E.; Lloveras, P.; Barrio, M.; Defay, E.; Egilmez, M.; Planes, A.; Tamarit, J.-LI.; Mañosa, Ll.; Mathur, N. D.; Moya, X.
  • imprint: AIP Publishing, 2016
  • Published in: APL Materials
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4961598
  • ISSN: 2166-532X
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  • Description: <jats:p>We use calorimetry to identify pressure-driven isothermal entropy changes in ceramic samples of the prototypical ferroelectric BaTiO3. Near the structural phase transitions at ∼400 K (cubic-tetragonal) and ∼280 K (tetragonal-orthorhombic), the inverse barocaloric response differs in sign and magnitude from the corresponding conventional electrocaloric response. The differences in sign arise due to the decrease in unit-cell volume on heating through the transitions, whereas the differences in magnitude arise due to the large volumetric thermal expansion on either side of the transitions.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access