中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (5): 57502-057502.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/5/057502

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Large reversible magnetocaloric effect in HoMn2O5

葛恒a b, 张向群b, 柯亚娇b, 靳金玲b, 廖志新a, 成昭华b   

  1. a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 收稿日期:2012-11-25 修回日期:2013-01-10 出版日期:2013-04-01 发布日期:2013-04-01

Large reversible magnetocaloric effect in HoMn2O5

Ge Heng (葛恒)a b, Zhang Xiang-Qun (张向群)b, Ke Ya-Jiao (柯亚娇)b, Jin Jin-Ling (靳金玲)b, Liao Zhi-Xin (廖志新)a, Cheng Zhao-Hua (成昭华)b   

  1. a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2012-11-25 Revised:2013-01-10 Online:2013-04-01 Published:2013-04-01
  • Contact: Cheng Zhao-Hua E-mail:zhcheng@iphy.ac.cn

摘要: Magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in polycrystalline HoMn2O5 was investigated by isothermal magnetization curves from 2 K to 50 K. A relatively large magnetic entropy change, ΔSM = 7.8 J/(kg·K), was achieved with the magnetic field up to 70 kOe. The magnetic entropy change is reversible in the whole range of temperature. The contributions of elastic and magnetoelastic energy to the changing of the magnetic entropy are discussed in terms of the Landau theory. The reversibility of MCE with maximal refrigerant capacity RC = 216.7 J/kg makes polycrystalline HoMn2O5 be promising as a magnetic refrigerant.

关键词: HoMn2O5, magnetocaloric effect

Abstract: Magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in polycrystalline HoMn2O5 was investigated by isothermal magnetization curves from 2 K to 50 K. A relatively large magnetic entropy change, ΔSM = 7.8 J/(kg·K), was achieved with the magnetic field up to 70 kOe. The magnetic entropy change is reversible in the whole range of temperature. The contributions of elastic and magnetoelastic energy to the changing of the magnetic entropy are discussed in terms of the Landau theory. The reversibility of MCE with maximal refrigerant capacity RC = 216.7 J/kg makes polycrystalline HoMn2O5 be promising as a magnetic refrigerant.

Key words: HoMn2O5, magnetocaloric effect

中图分类号:  (Magnetic oxides)

  • 75.47.Lx
75.30.Sg (Magnetocaloric effect, magnetic cooling)