Electrocaloric Cooling‐Driven Self‐Cooling Dielectrics: Integrated Energy Storage and Refrigeration for High‐Power Capacitors (Adv. Funct. Mater. 1/2026)
Abstract
Self-Cooling Energy Storage In their Research Article (10.1002/adfm.202523520), Wenjun Cao, Yunya Liu, and co-workers present an integrated energy storage-thermal management design strategy. By synergistically regulating the interfacial polarization effect and polarization entropy change, dual breakthroughs in electrocaloric (EC) cooling and energy storage performance are achieved. It innovatively introduces an EC regulation mechanism into dielectric energy storage systems, providing a new material solution for the integrated energy storage and thermal management design of high-power capacitors.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Dielectric materials and actuators
Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN