Boosting heat transfer in bulk relaxor-based ferroelectric ceramic materials 300% using electric fields

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119034

"previous thermal conductivity improvement only 5 to 10%... heat carried by phonons (vibrations)... aligns material's internal charges allowing phonons moving along field direction to travel much farther without being scattered... electric field not only speeds up phonons but also extends their lifetimes... more efficient devices turning waste heat into usable power, industrial cogeneration capturing/ repurposing heat from manufacturing processes, advanced cooling with no moving parts for high-performance computing"