Abstract

This paper demonstrated the flexible control of positive and negative electrocaloric effects (ECEs) in ⟨001⟩-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.7Ti0.3O3 single crystal, and a dual cooling cycle is proposed using their combination to improve cooling capacity. The ECE exhibits a complex evolution of positive-negative-positive within 20–140 °C, where the negative ECE originates from the electric field-induced transition from rhombohedral phase to high-symmetric tetragonal phase. Since the coexistence of different ECEs at some temperatures, the positive and negative ECEs alternately appear in neighboring cycles under proper applied fields, i.e., dual cooling. A significant improvement of ∼150% in cooling capacity is directly characterized by the isothermal heat flow measurement.

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