Large Low-Field Reversible Magnetocaloric Effect in Itinerant-Electron Hf1−xTaxFe2 Alloys |
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| Authors: | Zhao Song Zongbin Li Bo Yang Haile Yan Claude Esling Xiang Zhao Liang Zuo |
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| Institution: | 1.Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; (Z.S.); (B.Y.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.); (L.Z.);2.Laboratoire d’Étude des Microstructures et de Mécanique des Matériaux (LEM3), CNRS UMR 7239, Université de Lorraine, 57045 Metz, France; |
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| Abstract: | First-order isostructural magnetoelastic transition with large magnetization difference and controllable thermal hysteresis are highly desirable in the development of high-performance magnetocaloric materials used for energy-efficient and environmental-friendly magnetic refrigeration. Here, we demonstrate large magnetocaloric effect covering the temperature range from 325 K to 245 K in Laves phase Hf1−xTaxFe2 (x = 0.13, 0.14, 0.15, 0.16) alloys undergoing the magnetoelastic transition from antiferromagnetic (AFM) state to ferromagnetic (FM) state on decreasing the temperature. It is shown that with the increase of Ta content, the nature of AFM to FM transition is gradually changed from second-order to first-order. Based on the direct measurements, large reversible adiabatic temperature change (ΔTad) values of 2.7 K and 3.4 K have been achieved under a low magnetic field change of 1.5 T in the Hf0.85Ta0.15Fe2 and Hf0.84Ta0.16Fe2 alloys with the first-order magnetoelastic transition, respectively. Such remarkable magnetocaloric response is attributed to the rather low thermal hysteresis upon the transition as these two alloys are close to intermediate composition point of second-order transition converting to first-order transition. |
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| Keywords: | magnetocaloric effect magnetic transition adiabatic temperature change laves phase |
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