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将有助于在近距离和非常低温下的固态冷却和加热应用方面建立有关热量材料和能量转换技术的有希望的探索性主题。温度控制系统大约是欧盟能源消耗支出的一半。仅这个数字就足够的正当人需要付出巨大的努力来寻找替代制冷和热泵方法。关于热量材料的研究从未像现在这样活跃，这是由于新一生成的冰箱和热泵的前景，一方面是节能和环境友好的，以及对低能消费和全球变暖制冷剂的政策。 Molcal提出了一种在类似的协作研究培训计划中从未尝试过的方法。我们将考虑落在分子基材料保护下的热量材料，并可以响应iTmagnetic，电和/或机械的不同来源。由于对哪种热量材料具有最大的希望尚无明确的共识，因此这种多面方法将是一个优势，因为它将允许从磁质体群中开发的方法转移到其他方法中，由于其巨大的潜力，这会越来越受到关注。此外，基于低成本的低位材料的Molcal WillDeplevence设备，并且由于分子特征，将通过探索最小磁性冰箱尺寸的极限来朝着挑战申请方向发展。从欧洲和外部的TopResearch机构进行的学术和非学术领导者将使博士研究人员在化学，材料科学，物理学，设备开发以及相关横向技能方面的综合，多学科和多部门培训。