Title: Electrocaloric and barocaloric effects in CsH₂PO₄ ferroelectric
Author(s):

	A. S. Vdovych (Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine) ,
	R. R. Levitskii (Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine),
	I. R. Zachek (Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Bandera Str., 79013 Lviv, Ukraine)

To investigate the caloric effects in the CsH₂PO₄ ferroelectric, a modified pseudospin model of this crystal is used, which takes into account the dependence of the parameters of interaction between pseudospins on lattice strains. The model also takes into account the dependence of the effective dipole moment of a pseudospin on the order parameter. In the two-particle cluster approximation, the influence of the longitudinal electric field and hydrostatic pressure on the molar entropy of the crystal was studied. The electrocaloric and barocaloric effects were studied. The calculated electrocaloric temperature change is about 1 K; it can change its sign under the influence of hydrostatic pressure. Barocaloric temperature change is about -0.5 K; lattice anharmonicities were not taken into account in its calculations.

Key words: ferroelectricity, phase transitions, dielectric permittivity, mechanical deformation, hydrostatic pressure effect

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