Plastic crystals like neopentyl glycol show strong barocaloric effects but struggle with suitable operating temperatures and low-pressure performance. Here, the authors improved this by blending neopentyl glycol with pentaglycerine and adding 2% pentaerythritol for tunable, reversible phase transitions.
- Frederic Rendell-Bhatti
- Melony Dilshad
- Donald A. MacLaren