Molecule-based Magneto/electro/mechano-Calorics

基于分子的磁/电/机械热学

• 批准号: EP/Y036948/1
• 负责人: Euan Brechin
• 金额: $ 33.22万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY036948%2F1
• 关键词: Molecule; based; Magneto; electro; mechano

MolCal will contribute to establishing a critical mass of researchers in promising exploratory topics on caloric materials and energyconversion technologies for solid-state cooling and heating applications at near-ambient and very-low temperatures. Temperaturecontrol systems are responsible for approximately half of the EU energy consumption expenditure. This figure alone amply justifiesthe need to dedicate great efforts to the search for alternative refrigeration and heat pump methods. Research on caloric materialshas never been as active as it is now, due to the prospect of new-generation refrigerators and heat pumps that are energy efficientand environmentally friendly, on the one hand, and the policies on low-energy consumption and global warming refrigerants, on theother. MolCal presents an approach never tried before in similar collaborative research training programmes. We will consider caloricmaterials that fall under the umbrella of molecule-based materials and can respond to different sources of the driving stimulus, be itmagnetic, electric, and/or mechanical. Since there is no clear-cut consensus on which type of caloric material holds the most promise,this multi-front approach will be an advantage because it will permit transfer of methods already developed from the magnetocaloricsubfield into the others, which are increasingly in the spotlight because of their enormous potentiality. Furthermore, MolCal willdevelop devices based on low-cost barocaloric materials and, due to the molecular characteristics, will progress towards challengingapplications by exploring the limits of the smallest size of magnetic refrigerators. Academic and non-academic leaders, from topresearch institutions in Europe and outside, will expose the doctoral researchers to integrative, multidisciplinary, and multisectoraltraining in chemistry, materials science, physics, device development, and relevant transversal skills.

MolCal将有助于建立一个临界质量的研究人员在有前途的探索性课题的热量材料和能源转换技术的固态冷却和加热应用在近环境和非常低的温度。温度控制系统约占欧盟能源消耗支出的一半。仅这一数字就充分说明，有必要作出巨大努力，寻找替代制冷和热泵方法。由于新一代节能环保的冰箱和热泵的前景以及低能耗和全球变暖制冷剂的政策，热材料的研究从未像现在这样活跃。MolCal提出了一种在类似的合作研究培训项目中从未尝试过的方法。我们将考虑属于分子基材料范畴的热材料，它们可以对不同的驱动刺激源做出反应，无论是磁的、电的还是机械的。由于对哪种类型的热材料最有希望没有明确的共识，这种多方面的方法将是一个优势，因为它将允许将已经从磁热子领域发展起来的方法转移到其他领域，这些领域由于其巨大的潜力而日益受到关注。此外，MolCal将开发基于低成本压热材料的设备，并且由于分子特性，将通过探索最小尺寸磁制冷机的极限而朝着具有挑战性的应用方向发展。来自欧洲和国外顶级研究机构的学术和非学术领导人将使博士研究人员接受化学，材料科学，物理学，设备开发和相关横向技能的综合，多学科和多部门培训。