Structure and thermal property relationships in the thermomaterial di-n-butylammonium tetrafluoroborate for multipurpose cooling and cold-storageShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN 2050-7488, E-ISSN 2050-7496, Vol. 11, no 41, p. 22232-22247Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Nowadays around 46% of food production around the world requires refrigeration, which is generally provided either by active vapour-compression (based on refrigerants with liquid-gas transitions) or passive cold-storage (based on solid-to-liquid phase change materials, SL-PCMs). However, in order to avoid fluid losses during the transitions, new thermomaterials with solid-solid transitions are desired for both applications. In this work, we find that [DBA][BF4] (DBA = di-n-butylammonium) is a promising thermomaterial with solid-solid phase transitions. This compound presents thermal properties of great interest not only for active barocaloric refrigeration, but also for passive cold-storage, which make this a unique multipurpose thermomaterial. The observed cold-storage capacity is very close to that of commercial SL-PCMs (E ∼ 135 kJ kg−1), while the pressure-induced thermal changes (ΔS ∼ [200-270] J K−1 kg−1) are superior to those of most barocaloric materials, operating under lower pressures (p ∼ [500-1000] bar). Moreover, the operating temperature range of this material is very adequate for food preservation (250-310 K), which is a great advantage over most barocaloric materials. Beyond the thermal properties, we perform deep structural characterization, which reveals a progressive structural disorder of the [DBA]+ cations and [BF4]− anions as the origin of such thermal properties, which will help the future rational design of enhanced thermomaterials.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) , 2023. Vol. 11, no 41, p. 22232-22247
National Category
Energy Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-349570DOI: 10.1039/d3ta04063aISI: 001082890100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85175470075OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-349570DiVA, id: diva2:1880852
Note
QC 20240702
2024-07-022024-07-022024-07-02Bibliographically approved