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Enhanced low-field magnetocaloric effect in Nb and Al co-substituted EuTiO3 compounds

  • Huicai Xie
  • , Wenxia Su
  • , Haiming Lu
  • , Zhaojun Mo*
  • , Dunhui Wang
  • , Hao Sun
  • , Lu tian
  • , Xinqiang Gao
  • , Zhenxing Li
  • , Jun Shen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Ganjiang Innovation Academy
  • Jiangxi University of Science and Technology
  • Nanjing University
  • CAS - Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry

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Abstract

The magnetic ground state switching between antiferromagnetic (AFM) and ferromagnetic (FM) states in EuTiO3 provides the feasibility of regulating its magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect. First-principles calculations demonstrate that the magnetic ground states for EuTi0.875Nb0.0625Al0.0625O3, EuTi0.8125Nb0.125Al0.0625O3, and EuTi0.75Nb0.125Al0.125O3 are FM coupling. Experimental results also exhibit the FM coupling domination in these compounds, accompanied by a significantly enhanced low magnetic field magnetocaloric effect. The maximum magnetic entropy change of all the samples surpasses 15 J kg−1 K−1 with a field change of 1 T, which is 1.4 times as large as that of bulk EuTiO3. Especially, the maximum refrigerating capacity for EuTi0.8125Nb0.125Al0.0625O3 compound is evaluated to be 88.1 J kg−1, more than three times of that of EuTiO3. The remarkable magnetocaloric performances prove Nb and Al co-substituted EuTiO3 compounds to be competitive candidates for magnetic refrigeration in the liquid helium temperature regime.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)128-135
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Materials Science and Technology
Volume118
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Aug 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Europium titanate (EuTiO)
  • Ferromagnetic
  • Magnetic refrigeration
  • Magnetocaloric effect

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