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Jul 23, 2024

Solid-State Cooling: A Future Without Refrigerants

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Researchers have made significant advancements in understanding atomic-scale heat motion in materials, crucial for developing solid-state cooling technology.

This technology, which operates without traditional refrigerants or moving parts, uses materials like nickel-cobalt-manganese-indium magnetic shape-memory alloys to exploit the magnetocaloric effect for efficient cooling.

A crucial knowledge gap in atomic-scale heat motion was recently bridged by a research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This new understanding holds promise for enhancing materials to advance an emerging technology called solid-state cooling.

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