Regular biography
钱小石 is a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in electrocaloric materials and devices for sustainable refrigeration. His research focuses on developing high-efficiency, low-global-warming-potential refrigeration systems using advanced electrocaloric materials. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of electrocaloric effects in polymers and ceramics, and has led the design of novel electrocaloric refrigeration devices with high cooling power density. His work has been widely published in top-tier journals such as Nature, Science, and Advanced Materials, and he has received numerous awards for his research in energy-efficient cooling technologies.
Scholar-generated biography
Xiaoshi Qian is a researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, focusing on electrocaloric and pyroelectric materials for energy storage and refrigeration. Their work explores the development of high-performance materials such as modified BaTiO3 ceramics, ferroelectric polymers, and relaxor ferroelectrics to achieve giant electrocaloric effects at low electric fields. Qian's research also includes the design of energy-efficient cooling devices and the exploration of bioinspired materials for adaptive coloration and chemical sensing. The studies emphasize the potential of electrocaloric materials for zero-global-warming-potential refrigeration and high-temperature applications.