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<p>Potassium-sodium niobate (KNN)-based piezoelectric materials demonstrate exceptional electrocaloric (EC) optimization potential owing to phase configurational diversity, though current performance remains constrained by insufficient entropy modulation. This study establishes high-entropy strategies—particularly phase/ion-configurational entropy (I-PCE) synergistic regulation—as a critical pathway to transcend conventional EC entropy change (Δ<i>S</i><sub><i>ECE</i></sub>) limits. Phase-field modeling of Rhombohedral-Orthorhombic-Tetragonal-Cubic (R-O-T-C) phase evolution reveals that Δ<i>S</i><sub><i>ECE</i></sub> is governed by three hierarchical factors: phase configurational entropy (<i>S</i><sub>config_phase</sub>, dominant), ion configurational entropy (<i>S</i><sub>config_ion</sub>), and polarization response. Notably, polarization response in R-phase supersedes O-phase entropy contributions, establishing a performance hierarchy. Based on I-PCE optimization, R-O-dominated multiphase coexistence achieves a Δ<i>S</i><sub><i>ECE</i></sub> exceeding 19 J/kg/K at 52.80 μC/cm<sup>2</sup> reversible polarization. Further achieving enhanced polarization (100 μC/cm<sup>2</sup>) yields a Δ<i>S</i><sub><i>ECE</i></sub> of 73 J/kg/K, establishing the experimental EC upper bound for KNN systems via high entropy-driven design. We anticipate that these discoveries will provide theoretical guidelines for tailoring EC effects in multiphase-configurational material systems via high-entropy strategies.</p>

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Enhancing electrocaloric effects of KNN-based ceramics by phase- and ion-configurational entropy regulation based on phase-field modeling

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    2025年10月17日

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  • Xiaoqian Wu,
  • Guohui Li,
  • Bo Shen,
  • Houbing Huang,
  • Jiwei Zhai

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Potassium-sodium niobate (KNN)-based piezoelectric materials demonstrate exceptional electrocaloric (EC) optimization potential owing to phase configurational diversity, though current performance remains constrained by insufficient entropy modulation. This study establishes high-entropy strategies—particularly phase/ion-configurational entropy (I-PCE) synergistic regulation—as a critical pathway to transcend conventional EC entropy change (ΔSECE) limits. Phase-field modeling of Rhombohedral-Orthorhombic-Tetragonal-Cubic (R-O-T-C) phase evolution reveals that ΔSECE is governed by three hierarchical factors: phase configurational entropy (Sconfig_phase, dominant), ion configurational entropy (Sconfig_ion), and polarization response. Notably, polarization response in R-phase supersedes O-phase entropy contributions, establishing a performance hierarchy. Based on I-PCE optimization, R-O-dominated multiphase coexistence achieves a ΔSECE exceeding 19 J/kg/K at 52.80 μC/cm2 reversible polarization. Further achieving enhanced polarization (100 μC/cm2) yields a ΔSECE of 73 J/kg/K, establishing the experimental EC upper bound for KNN systems via high entropy-driven design. We anticipate that these discoveries will provide theoretical guidelines for tailoring EC effects in multiphase-configurational material systems via high-entropy strategies.