Electrocaloric Enhancement Induced by Cocrystallization of Vinylidene Difluoride-Based Polymer Blends

Active thermal control will be a major challenge of the twenty-first century, which has emphasized the need for the development of energy-efficient refrigeration techniques such as electrocaloric (EC) cooling. Highly polar semi-crystalline VDF-based polymers are promising organic EC materials, however, their cooling performance, which is highly structurally-dependent, needs further improvement to become competitive. Here, we…