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Title: Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in the pyrochlore Er 2 Mn 2 O 7 due to a cooperative two-sublattice ferromagnetic order

Journal Article · · Physical Review Materials
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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  2. Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing (China)
  3. Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble (France)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  5. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)

Most magnetic refrigeration materials showing a large and reversible magnetocaloric effect (MCE) undergo a second-order ferromagnetic (FM) transition involving large-moment magnetic species on one sublattice. Furthermore, a stronger MCE is expected near a cooperative FM order of two or more magnetic species with large magnetic moments residing on different sublattices, but experimental realizations are rare. Here we report on the discovery of large MCE in the cubic pyrochlore Er2Mn2O7 near its second-order FM transition at Tc ≈ 34K; under the magnetic field change of 1 and 5 T, the maximum magnetic entropy change –ΔSM is 5.27 and 16.1Jkg–1K–1, and the estimated magnetic refrigerant capacity reaches 68 and 522Jkg–1, respectively. These latter values are among the largest for the known MCE materials. The observed giant and reversible MCE in Er2Mn2O7 is mainly attributed to the large saturation moment of 18.9μB per formula unit owing to a simultaneous FM ordering of the rear-earth Er3+ and transition-metal Mn4+ localized moments. Our results suggest that Er2Mn2O7 pyrochlore is a promising candidate for magnetic refrigeration applications in the temperature range 20–80 K. More importantly, this work provides a new material system for developing high-performance MCE materials that can exhibit a strongly coupled FM transition involving two magnetic sublattices of large local moments in a single-phase material.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1412041
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1410587
Journal Information:
Physical Review Materials, Vol. 1, Issue 6; ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 18 works
Citation information provided by
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