Magnetic properties and low-temperature large magnetocaloric effect in the antiferromagnetic HoCu0.33Ge2 and ErCu0.25Ge2 compounds

被引:2
作者
Gao, R. L. [2 ]
Xu, Z. Y. [1 ,3 ]
Wang, L. C. [4 ]
Dong, Q. Y. [5 ]
Zhang, Y. [5 ]
Liu, F. H. [6 ]
Mo, Z. J. [7 ]
Niu, E. [4 ]
Fu, C. L. [2 ]
Cai, W. [2 ]
Chen, G. [2 ]
Deng, X. L. [2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Metrol, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[2] Chongqing Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Met & Mat Engn, Chongqing 401331, Peoples R China
[3] Natl Inst Metrol, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, State Key Lab Magnetism, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[5] Capital Normal Univ, Dept Phys, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China
[6] Natl Space Sci Ctr, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[7] Hebei Univ Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Tianjin 300401, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
HoCu0.33Ge2 and ErCu0.25Ge2; Antiferromagnetic; Metamagnetic transition; Magnetocaloric effect; Magnetic entropy changes; ENTROPY CHANGE; HO; REFRIGERATION; TRANSITION; TB; GD; DY;
D O I
10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.01.073
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of HoCu0.33Ge2 and ErCu0.25Ge2 compounds have been investigated. The compounds were determined to be antiferromagnetic with the Neel temperatures T-N = 9 K and 3.9 K, respectively. The critical transition magnetic fields for the metamagnetic transition from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic state below T-N were determined to be 10 kOe for HoCu0.33Ge2 at 5 K and 6 kOe for ErCu0.25Ge2 at 2 K. Large MCE with the maximal values of magnetic entropy changes (Delta S-M) as -10.2 J/kg K at 10.5 K were found in HoCu0.33Ge2 for field changes of 0-70 kOe and -10.5 J/kg K at 5.5 K in ErCu0.25Ge2 for field changes of 0-50 kOe, respectively. The large Delta S-M around T-N as well as no hysteresis loss made RCuxGe2 competitive candidates as low temperature magnetic refrigerant. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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