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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Aznar Luque, Araceli author Lloveras Muntané, Pol Marcel author Barrio Casado, María del author Negrier, Philippe author Planes Vila, Antoni author Mañosa Carrera, Lluis author Mathur, N.D. author Moya Raposo, Xavier author Tamarit Mur, José Luis author 2020 The extremely large latent heat exchanged in phase transitions involving strong molecular orientational disordering has recently led to the proposal of plastic crystals as a feasible solution for solid-state barocaloric eco-friendly cooling technologies. Here we determine the reversible barocaloric response of four plastic crystals derived from neopentane [C(CH3)4]: (NH2)C(CH2OH)3 (TRIS for short), (NH2)(CH3) C(CH2OH)2 (AMP), (CH3)C(CH2OH)3 (PG) and (CH3)3C(CH2OH) (NPA). All of them display colossal entropy changes at their ordered-plastic phase transition, which is a primal requirement for competitive barocaloric materials. However, we show that it is also important to verify that the large barocaloric effects can be achieved using pressures that, while being moderate, are large enough to overcome the pressure-dependent hysteresis. From this quantity and using the quasi-direct method, we determine the minimum pressure needed to achieve reversible barocaloric effects, prev, for each compound. Specifically, we find a small and moderate prev for PG and NPA, respectively, which therefore display colossal reversible barocaloric effects comparable to harmful fluids used in current refrigerators and thus confirm the potential of plastic crystals as excellent alternatives. Instead, in TRIS and AMP, the obtained prev is excessive to yield reversible barocaloric effects useful for cyclic applications. Peer Reviewed Postprint (author's final draft) Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials Plastic crystals Cristalls plàstics Reversible and irreversible colossal barocaloric effects in plastic crystals