Abstract
A large adiabatic temperature change (ΔT) in lead-free ceramics is highly desired to develop eco-friendly and high efficiency solid-state refrigeration device based on electrocaloric effect (ECE). However, a large ΔT is often obtained near high Curie temperature (Tc > 100 °C), which impedes the practical applications for electrocaloric refrigeration technology. Herein, the lead-free (1-x)(K0.48Na0.535)0.03Li0.07(Nb0.99Sb0.01)O3-xBaZrO3 (x = 0, 0.02, 0.04 and 0.06) ceramics were synthesized through a conventional solid-state sintering method. A polymorphic phase transition (PPT) region is constructed by composition engineering to achieve large ECE near the ambient temperature. A ΔT of 0.48 K under 50 kV/cm is obtained at 60 °C by using the direct measurement in KNLNS-0.02BZ ceramic with coexistence of R-O-T phase. This work suggests that building multi-phase coexistence is a feasible design scheme in order to achieve ECE near the room temperature.
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