The elastocaloric effect can be exploited in solid-state cooling technologies as an alternative to conventional vapour compression. Now, an elastocaloric device based on the concept of active regeneration achieves a temperature lift of 15.3 K and efficiencies competitive with other caloric-based approaches.
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Ossmer, H., Kohl, M. Elastocaloric cooling: Stretch to actively cool. Nat Energy 1, 16159 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.159
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