External stimulation-controllable heat-storage ceramics

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 7037
• Main Authors: Tokoro, Hiroko, Yoshikiyo, Marie, Imoto, Kenta, Namai, Asuka, Nasu, Tomomichi, Nakagawa, Kosuke, Ozaki, Noriaki, Hakoe, Fumiyoshi, Tanaka, Kenji, Chiba, Kouji, Makiura, Rie, Prassides, Kosmas, Ohkoshi, Shin-ichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 12.05.2015; Nature Pub. Group
• Subjects: Crystal structure; Electric currents; Electrons; Fourier transforms; Heat; Light; Materials science; Maximum entropy method; Microscopy; Morphology; Phase transitions; Thermal energy; Japan

Commonly available heat-storage materials cannot usually store the energy for a prolonged period. If a solid material could conserve the accumulated thermal energy, then its heat-storage application potential is considerably widened. Here we report a phase transition material that can conserve the l...