Large inverse and normal magnetocaloric effects in HoBi compound with nonhysteretic first-order phase transition

Yan Zhang, You Guo Shi, Li Chen Wang, Xin Qi Zheng, Jun Liu, Ya Xu Jin, Ke Wei Zhang, Hong Xia Liu, Shuo Tong Zong*, Zhi Gang Sun, Ji Fan Hu, Tong Yun Tong, Bao Gen Shen

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Abstract

HoBi single crystal and polycrystalline compounds with NaCl-type structure are successfully obtained, and their magnetic and magnetocaloric properties are studied in detail. With temperature increasing, HoBi compound undergoes two magnetic transitions at 3.7 K and 6 K, respectively. The transition temperature at 6 K is recognized as an antiferromagnetic-to-paramagnetic (AFM-PM) transition, which belongs to the first-order magnetic phase transition (FOMT). It is interesting that the HoBi compound with FOMT exhibits good thermal and magnetic reversibility. Furthermore, a large inverse and normal magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is found in HoBi single crystal in the H||[100] direction, and the positive ΔS M peak reaches 13.1 J/kg·K under a low field change of 2 T and the negative ΔS M peak arrives at -18 J/kg·K under a field change of 5 T. These excellent properties are expected to be applied to some magnetic refrigerators with special designs and functions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number077501
JournalChinese Physics B
Volume31
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • antiferromagnetic
  • magnetocaloric effect
  • rare-earth compounds

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Zhang, Y., Shi, Y. G., Wang, L. C., Zheng, X. Q., Liu, J., Jin, Y. X., Zhang, K. W., Liu, H. X., Zong, S. T., Sun, Z. G., Hu, J. F., Tong, T. Y., & Shen, B. G. (2022). Large inverse and normal magnetocaloric effects in HoBi compound with nonhysteretic first-order phase transition. Chinese Physics B, 31(7), Article 077501. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/ac597f