Large reversible cryogenic magnetocaloric effect in rare earth iron carbides of composition RE2FeC4 (RE=Ho, Er, and Tm)

Jianjian Gong; Qi Fu; Hao Sun; Lu Tian; Xinqiang Gao; Zhenxing Li; Zhaojun Mo; Jun Shen

doi:10.1016/j.jre.2022.09.009

Large reversible cryogenic magnetocaloric effect in rare earth iron carbides of composition RE₂FeC₄ (RE=Ho, Er, and Tm)

Jianjian Gong
, Qi Fu
, Hao Sun
, Lu Tian
, Xinqiang Gao
, Zhenxing Li
, Zhaojun Mo^*
, Jun Shen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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At cryogenic temperatures, the investigations of magnetic phase transition and magnetocaloric effect in RE₂FeC₄ (RE = Ho, Er, and Tm) compounds were performed. Ho₂FeC₄ and Er₂FeC₄ compounds undergo two magnetic phase transitions with the temperature decreasing: from paramagnetic (PM) to ferromagnetic (FM) transition at their respective Curie temperature (T_C) and from FM to antiferromagnetic (AFM) or ferrimagnetic (FIM) transition below 2 K. Tm₂FeC₄ compound exhibits only a second-order PM to FM phase transition at T_C = 6 K. Large reversible MCE without hysteresis loss is observed in RE₂FeC₄ (RE = Ho, Er, and Tm) compounds. Particularly, the maximum value of magnetic entropy change (–ΔS_M) is 21.62 J/(kg·K) under the magnetic field change (Δμ₀H) of 0–5 T for Er₂FeC₄. The Er₂FeC₄ compound presenting excellent magnetocaloric performance makes it a competitive cryogenic magnetic refrigeration material.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1996-2001
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Rare Earths
Volume	41
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jre.2022.09.009
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cryogenic magnetic refrigeration
Magnetic phase transition
Magnetocaloric effect
REFeC (RE=Ho, Er, and Tm) compounds
Rare earths

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Large reversible cryogenic magnetocaloric effect in rare earth iron carbides of composition RE₂FeC₄ (RE=Ho, Er, and Tm)

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