Giant low-field magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically ordered Er1-xTmxAl2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2022.10.066

J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2023, Vol. 146: 168-176.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2022.10.066

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Giant low-field magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically ordered Er_1-_xTm_xAl₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds

Shuxian Yang^a,b, Xinqi Zheng^a,*, Dingsong Wang^a, Juping Xu^c,d, Wen Yin^c,d, Lei Xi^a,e, Chaofan Liu^a, Jun Liu^f, Jiawang Xu^g,b, Hu Zhang^a, Zhiyi Xu^b,h, Lichen Wang^h,i, Yihong Yao^a, Maosen Zhang^a, Yichi Zhang^a, Jianxin Shen^a, Shouguo Wang^a,e,*, Baogen Shen^b,h,i

^aSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
^bBeijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
^cInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
^dSpallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China;
^eSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China;
^fDepartment of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
^gSongshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China;
^hGanjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, China;
ⁱNingbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China

Received:2022-07-31 Revised:2022-10-19 Accepted:2022-10-20 Published:2023-05-20 Online:2023-05-15
Contact: * E-mail addresses: zhengxq@ustb.edu.cn (X. Zheng), sgwang@ustb.edu.cn (S. Wang)

Abstract

Abstract: Magnetocaloric material is the key working substance for magnetic refrigerant technology, for which the low-field and low-temperature magnetocaloric effect (MCE) performance is of great importance for practical applications at low temperatures. Here, a giant low-field magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically ordered Er_1-_xTm_xAl₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds was reported, and the magnetic structure was characterized based on low-temperature neutron powder diffraction. With increasing Tm content from 0 to 1, the Curie temperature of Er_1-_xTm_xAl₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds decreases from 16.0 K to 3.6 K. For Er_0.7Tm_0.3Al₂ compound, it showed the largest low-field magnetic entropy change (-ΔS_M) with the peak value of 17.2 and 25.7 J/(kg K) for 0-1 T and 0-2 T, respectively. The (-ΔS_M)_max up to 17.2 J/(kg K) of Er_0.7Tm_0.3Al₂ compound for 0-1 T is the largest among the intermetallic magnetocaloric materials ever reported at temperatures below 20 K. The peak value of adiabatic temperature change (ΔT_ad)_max was determined as 4.13 K and 6.87 K for 0-1 T and 0-2 T, respectively. The characteristic of second-order magnetic transitions was confirmed on basis of Arrott plots, the quantitative criterion of exponent n, rescaled universal curves, and the mean-field theory criterion. The outstanding low-field MCE performance with low working temperatures indicates that Er_1-_xTm_xAl₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds are promising candidates for magnetic cooling materials at liquid hydrogen and liquid helium temperatures.

Key words: Magnetocaloric effect, Low field magnetocaloric effect, Magnetic structure, RAl₂ compounds

Shuxian Yang, Xinqi Zheng, Dingsong Wang, Juping Xu, Wen Yin, Lei Xi, Chaofan Liu, Jun Liu, Jiawang Xu, Hu Zhang, Zhiyi Xu, Lichen Wang, Yihong Yao, Maosen Zhang, Yichi Zhang, Jianxin Shen, Shouguo Wang, Baogen Shen. Giant low-field magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically ordered Er_1-_xTm_xAl₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2023, 146: 168-176.

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Giant low-field magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically ordered Er_1-_xTm_xAl₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds

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