A large room-temperature entropy change in a new hybrid ferroelastic with an unconventional bond-switching mechanism.

A large room-temperature entropy change in a new hybrid ferroelastic with an unconventional bond-switching mechanism.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jul 30;:
Authors: Xu WJ, Zeng Y, Yuan W, Zhang WX, Chen XM
Abstract
We showed a reversible bond-switching ferroelastic phase transition at near room temperature in a novel organic-inorganic hybrid, (Me3NNH2)2[Co(CN)6Na(H2O)], to afford a latent heat of 43.7 kJ kg-1 and a large entropy change of 146 J K-1 kg-1.
PMID: 32729869 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - July 29, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Xu WJ, Zeng Y, Yuan W, Zhang WX, Chen XM Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research